Category: Christian suffering

Friday Feature Quote – “Woe unto Me” – 10/17/2024

October 18, 2024

Many are “the paths of the Lord” which “drop fatness,” but an especial one is the path of prayer. No believer, who is much in the closet, will have need to cry, “My leanness, my leanness; woe unto me.” C. H. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening: Daily Readings (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1896). We live in … More Friday Feature Quote – “Woe unto Me” – 10/17/2024

Friday Feature Quote – “Weeping and Crying” – 08/23/2024

August 23, 2024

Folks have a lot of stuff to be upset about on any given day. The world seems to have lost all sense of ethics and morality. The warning that Isaiah gave in 5:20 (AMP); Woe (judgment is coming) to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for … More Friday Feature Quote – “Weeping and Crying” – 08/23/2024

Friday’s Feature Quote -“Furnace of Affliction” – 08/16/2024

August 16, 2024

Anne Bradstreet, born in 1612, was the first woman in America to have her poetry published. Her work captures the reality of life in the New World, reflecting on her Puritan faith, family, and the natural world. Isaiah 48:10  I have refined thee; or, I will refine thee. Although I will not cut thee off, … More Friday’s Feature Quote -“Furnace of Affliction” – 08/16/2024

Devotional Thought – Times of Crisis – 06/27/2024

June 27, 2024

In today’s society, it is nearly impossible to not know someone in Crisis on any given day. The reasons or subjects of the crisis can be many things. Most folks today equate all suffering as a moment of crisis or calamity. Yet nowhere does the Bible promise an easy-peasy life for true Christians. In fact, … More Devotional Thought – Times of Crisis – 06/27/2024

Sunday Sermon Series – “Integrity” – 06/09/2024

June 9, 2024

SERMON THE MAN OF GOD  Or “Spiritual Religion Explained and Enforced” by Octavius Winslow Integrity and Uprightness “Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on You.” Psalm 25:2I. “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.” Psalm 25:21 A stronger characteristic of a true man of God than that which this … More Sunday Sermon Series – “Integrity” – 06/09/2024

Pray for the Persecuted Church – March 2024

March 7, 2024

PRAY FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING CHURCHES AND PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS MARCH 2024 – Prayer Focus Update is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information, and for inclusion in church magazines. It is … More Pray for the Persecuted Church – March 2024

Devotional Thought – “Preppers” – 02/22/2024

February 22, 2024

In movies today, a “prepper” is seen as someone who is stockpiling for the coming zombie apocalypse. While I know nothing about zombies, I do know the Bible is very specific about prepping. Jesus in Matthew 25 lays out the case for prepping for His return as does Peter in our main text today. 2 … More Devotional Thought – “Preppers” – 02/22/2024