It’s important to know that God is very much aware of the tension He asks His followers to live in, whether their days bring worldwide diseases or wars or personal tragedies like cancer and death. As we grow, and in the abundant grace showered all over us, we have the hope to not just survive this tension, but to transcend it
Read MoreIt is saying that our infinitely good and powerful God has sovereignly allowed us to suffer persecution, difficulties, and affliction in order to display to everyone who knows us and sees our circumstances that He is our greatest life-giving treasure…
Read MoreDying to self involves handing our plans over to God, knowing that whatever He wills to do with them is for His glory and our good. To be clear, it is not inherently wrong to make plans. In fact, there can be much wisdom in planning. However, the heart-revealing question to ask when we start to formulate an agenda is this: are my plans held with clenched fists, or open hands that are willing to submit to whatever God tells me to do?..
Read MoreThat evening, I made this my prayer and asked the Lord to wake me at 5am. The next morning, my eyes opened exactly at that time. I was so amazed that I immediately praised the Lord, but not a minute later did I fall back asleep only to wake up at my usual 6am. I realized that I had only asked the Lord to wake me, not to give me the energy to actually get out of bed. The next night I asked for both and he granted my prayer…
Read MoreWhere the glory of God is shown there lies joy and satisfaction for Christians. My task and pleasure in this short time is to move you closer to being convinced of the same. I long for you to see in the pages of scripture what I have, mainly, that God has chosen to shape his people using the chisel of suffering…
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