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278 devotionals in Suffering & Trials
January 10, 2023
Seems like society is coiled up like a snake ready to strike the moment they’re triggered. From the corruptness in Washington to the moral decay of common society, you can feel the tenseness. It’s like everything and everyone is filled with some level of anxiety. I’m not suggesting I don’t sense...
trialsJanuary 3, 2023
I talked to a friend yesterday who was diagnosed with Cancer mid-year last year and his did who was diagnosed five years ago. We were all just remunerating and laughing about some of the nuances of treatment. But it got me thinking how quickly things can turn in our lives just when we think “we g...
sufferingJanuary 2, 2023
Happy New Year! I’m still tired from that Saturday of football games! “And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”1 Peter 5:10 I love this verse from Peter. You...
perseveranceDecember 14, 2022
I’ve been writing about persevering the last couple of days and reading about the struggle on Earth and the eternal reward in Heaven. I’m an avid motocross racer. We know that. But I’ve never received a medal with out running the race. No successful business person or entrepreneur has ever had a...
sufferingDecember 9, 2022
Like you, I’ve gone through sufferings and hard times and I will again I’m sure. But are we rejoicing in our sufferings?Here’s a great quote by CS Lewis, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” “Not only t...
trialsDecember 6, 2022
As I sit here this morning reading and wondering what we will talk about, my mind continues to slip to Wednesday’s surgery and how this has seemingly drug on forever. In fact, just this weekend I caught myself telling a couple folks how many surgeries and treatments I’ve had in eighteen months…ba...
thanksgivingNovember 24, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving!“I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident in the...
perseveranceNovember 17, 2022
This has been a tough week and it’s only Thursday, but you know what, life keeps going doesn’t it? I love the saying, “you’ve survived 100% of everything you’ve gone through so far, so there’s a good chance you’re going to make it through this...”The things you go through make you unique. Everyon...
peaceNovember 14, 2022
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."”John 16:33 Do you ever feel like life is one problem after another?You make it through one issue, but before you can recover another one shoots up....
faithOctober 28, 2022
Have you ever given up or known someone who has because they said God never answered them? Maybe you have? I’m talking about giving up believing because your faith left you. Think back to the story of Peter and his crew when Jesus comes walking across the water in the midst of stormy seas. You se...
changeOctober 25, 2022
Why does everything have to change all the time? I mean, what’s wrong with the way things are now? Well, if you’re asking yourself these same questions, you’re probably like me and on the express train to being an old geezer! Ha, I’m only joking, but sometimes with the pace that the world is chan...
patienceOctober 19, 2022
Are the horrible election campaign ads ever going to stop? Good grief…We live in a world that is going by so fast that finding patience is becoming a lost art. However, one of the best ways to be patient is to carry on with life, knowing God is in control...not you. I will say it one more time, “...
hopeSeptember 26, 2022
Jesus said in John 16:33, “In this world, you will have trouble…”That’s almost like a disclaimer for life on earth , you are going to have trouble, whether you are in Christ or not. But the hope that we have is what separates us from the world, and that is why Jesus goes on to say, “But take hear...
perseveranceSeptember 23, 2022
Short and sweet going into the weekend…This life isn’t easy, in fact it’s hard. We all have struggled and we all have failed but we must move on...“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I...
perseveranceAugust 26, 2022
Have you been praying for something for a long time and it hasn’t happened yet? I think at times we all have. Look, we all know that life isn't always easy, I dig it. And more so for a Christian who wants to live a life contrary to the world's philosophies. Sometimes it is tempting to throw in th...
patienceAugust 19, 2022
I have been forced to learn a lot about myself this year and one of the things I’ve learned is I need to get better with patience. Not only with life but mostly with people! I always thought I was a relatively patient person until I started trying to really learn what it meant to be patient...evi...
faithAugust 11, 2022
So, we’ve been pounding out gratitude the last two weeks and while it’s always a great topic and one we need to continue to be intentional about, I want to shift gears a little bit. Since I’m now into the book of Mark, I want to talk about something else, like faith.I’ve been watching some news l...
gods-presenceAugust 4, 2022
This has been a great week for me, and I hope you too, for digging deep into God’s word and focusing on being intentional about my gratitude. I feel like we have had some great discussions about when and where God is in good times and in bad. But there’s a little something more I’d like to talk a...
peaceJuly 21, 2022
Can we have peace in our hearts when our world is turned upside down?Pretty good question that requires an honest look inward. You see the kind of peace the world give us is pretty sketch at best. It can change on a whim with no notice at all. Happen to me three weeks ago, may have happened to yo...
sufferingJuly 15, 2022
Last thing on Job and suffering and let’s ring in the weekend. Job was a tremendously righteous man and suffered greatly. So do we assume that the more righteous we are the more suffering we are to expect? Not necessarily. The large part of Job’s life features God’s blessings in every way. You se...
gods-planJuly 14, 2022
You ever notice that when we finally get out of whatever it is we are suffering from it never seems to be the way we thought we would get out of it? Like during our suffering we could never understand or see the way out that God has for us. It’s because it’s His plan for us not our plan for us. H...
spiritual-warfareJuly 13, 2022
Let keep talking about Job for a little bit. You see God would only allow Satan to go so far with Job. We would only allow him to endure just what he was capable of enduring. Just like our own struggles and pain, Satan is trying to break you and God is trying to make you using the same situation....
sufferingJuly 12, 2022
I swear these devotionals are not intended to be about me, but I would be lying if I didn’t say all of this has given me plenty time to think and reflect on what God has planned for our lives. Just yesterday, I was beginning to start to feel like everything was crashing down on me and I was getti...
trials-and-sufferingJune 27, 2022
I want to talk about Paul in Philippians because I think it’s important to understand how he was using his imprisonments as an advantage to further the message of Christ. “so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of right...