It is a conviction meant to quiet our minds and encourage our hearts: In some way God has a hand in our suffering. Whatever circumstances we experience can no more arise without the hand of God than a saw can cut without the hand of the carpenter. Job in his suffering did not say, “The … More 8 Ways God Works Suffering for Our Good – Tim Challies
Original posted on March 20, 2017 by https://secretangelps911.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/forgiving-is-not-forgetting/comment-page-1/#comment-22931 As victims of abuse… many make this mistake… trying to stay friends with abusers… but continued abuses we take. For we associate the need to forgive… with the belief that we need to forget. But when we pretend it didn’t happen… more abuses occur that we will … More FORGIVING—is Not Forgetting
Are you going through the blues? Is your soul despondent? Do you have a melancholy spirit? These are all synonymous terms for a depressed person. Check out this book trailer concerning Lloyd-Jones below. His treatment on this subject has had a profound impact upon many decades to come. His treatment on the subject brought back … More D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Depression
SYMPATHY And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man’s hand under their wings – Ezekiel 10:8 I sat where they sat – Ezekiel 3:15 I have you in my heart – Philippians 1:7 It is good manners to be the unbidden guest at the house of mourning. – George Swinnock Sympathy is … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 07 March
Our trials and tribulations… that many have had to endure… become the stepping-stones… to receive so much more…. Continued at Source: Our Trials and Tribulations… Become Stepping-Stones
AFFLICTION IN GLORY For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; – 2 Corinthians 4:17 … Partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also… – 1 Peter 4:13 Shall light troubles make you … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 27 January
THE BENEFIT OF AFFLICTION …It is good for me that I have been afflicted; – Ps. 119:71 Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly, – Jonah 2:1 Affliction is God’s flail to thresh off our husks. – Thomas Watson God uses captivity of people to enlarge the bounds of … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 20 January
MARTYRS “…I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: – Rev 6:9 Martyrs are the oldest sons of blessedness among all the sons of adoption. – Thomas Goodwin Martyrdom came into the world early; the first man that died, … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 12 January
Trials or Tribulations? Today is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. I thought it a good opportunity to reflect again upon what many Christians refer to as trials and tribulations. I have heard and read from many with illness, financial woes, the incarcerated and those with a variety … More Rebuilding a Future Nehemiah Part II
You must be logged in to post a comment.