“How long, O Lord, will I call for help, And You will not hear? I cry out to You, ‘Violence!’ Yet You do not save.” Habakkuk 1:2 It can be disheartening when God seems to be silent about the problems surrounding us. It’s hard to know what we should[...]
“You who rejoice in Lodebar, and say, ‘Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?’” Amos 6:13 It’s a red flag to our spiritual condition when we celebrate victories that do not require faith. That’s exactly what happened to Israel in today’s passage. Lodebar and Karnaim[...]
“He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” Psalm 23:3 The analogy of the Lord as our Shepherd occurs throughout the Bible. Of course, that makes us sheep, which isn’t exactly a flattering comparison. Sheep aren’t smart. They tend to stray[...]
“and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.” Romans 4:21 Followers of Christ are not immune from the difficulties and sorrows of life. Still, we often wonder why God doesn’t intervene sooner when a challenging situation lingers on. Some who profess Christ[...]
“And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life…The angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, ‘Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you.’” 1 Kings 19:3, 7 We often think of discouragement as a by-product of failure[...]
“When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.” 1 Samuel 17:11 Words that defy God and treat Scripture with contempt bombard us every day. We often allow this barrage of words to intimidate us into silence and inaction. Like Saul[...]
“A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse—after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and[...]
“Peter said to them, ‘Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.’” Acts 2:38 Some say that if God doesn’t judge America, then He will have to apologize[...]