I went to a Beth Moore – Living Proof Live once and she was teaching on Job. Can I tell you my heart sank. You know how it is. Bubbling with excitement you find your seat and just know God has a word for you. Then…you find out your word is going to come from the book of Job. Immediately I began to dread my life. I became convinced that some terrible calamity was about to…
I’m reading the book of Job in the Bible. This book tugs at my heart. It confounds me. It can make me indignant. It scares me! This caught my eye today, “…What miserable comforters you are!” 16:2 I tend to agree with Job. Job has had great tragedy in his life and his buddies are there for him, kinda. Holy Spirit spoke this to my heart this morning. When deep tragedy happens to those around…
Every time Pastor Roseberry and his wife were guest speakers at my local church, I would feel uncomfortable. They are passionate leaders of a prison ministry, InnerFaith, and as he spoke I would be reminded of that pesky little verse about visiting those in prison. At the close of service on each visit, I hurried from the church so I could avoid Pastor Roseberry. His questions about participating with his wife, Christine, and her team…
The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. Deuteronomy 33:27, NLT When trouble seems all around us, it does our hearts good to remember in whose arms we rest. Just this week as I was consoling a friend who had lost a child, the old hymn “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” came to my mind. With despair often comes the feeling of aloneness. The feeling of a rug being pulled…
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