Job 1:22 “In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.” Satan hurled everything he could to throw Job off track and derail his relationship with God. He will try the same strategies with us… First, Satan sends invaders to kill Job’s servants and steal his livestock. Continue Reading…
Matthew 7:7 “”Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” We’re not a very persevering people, are we? We usually want what we want and we want it now. We’re a Carpe Diem culture, afraid we’ll miss Continue Reading…
James 1:6 “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. My mother suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The airways traveling to her lungs had been damaged, making it Continue Reading…
Hebrews 10: 36 “You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.” Thanksgiving. Pioneers. Funny-looking clothes. Religious fuddy-duddies. Overcomers. Whatever comes to mind when people hear Pilgrim, one word stands out—if the Pilgrims were anything, they were perseverers. Continue Reading…
Philippians 2:12-13 “continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.” I recently watched the movie, Prince Caspian, second in the Chronicles of Narnia series. Aside from the overall quality Continue Reading…
Isaiah 40:31 “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength…” (KJV) Being stuck in an endless check-out line. Cut off in traffic by a careless driver. Faced with yet another act of defiance from your two-year old toddler. Impatience-provoking scenarios come in oh so many forms. Continue Reading…
Job 13:15 “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him.” I came across a billboard the other day that said, “Everything works out in the end. If it hasn’t worked out, it isn’t the end.” To be marked with the kind of tenaciousness that trusts God will, in Continue Reading…
1 Peter 4:19 “So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.” The Battle of France in WWII had been lost. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill knew England would be the next target in Hitler’s relentless pursuit. The stakes Continue Reading…
Philippians 3:12 “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.” Ever feel like a recovering failure? It seems like no matter what your role…wife, husband, mother, father, Continue Reading…