Romans 5:3-4 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us–they help us learn to endure. And endurance develops strength of character in us, and character strengthens our confident expectation of salvation. This whole trials and rejoicing and all that has been on my…
Tag Archive: trials
Impossibilities
Zechariah 8:6 This is what the LORD Almighty says: All this may seem impossible to you now, a small and discouraged remnant of God’s people. But do you think this is impossible for me, the LORD Almighty? I feel a little bit like the remnant sometimes. I feel small and discouraged by the circumstances of…
Choose Joy
Habakkuk 3:17-18 Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vine; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be…
Submitting to the Process
I realize more and more how patient God is when, once again, my plans are foiled by a shift in sleeping patterns! Jeremiah 27:6 So you must submit to Babylon’s king and serve him; put your neck under Babylon’s yoke! God is warning Israel that He has chosen the Babylonian king to rule over many…
