Pain that precedes progress leads to praise

God designed our relationship with him through Jesus Christ to be a series of spiritual progressions and advances. Since we live in a fallen world and have a fleshly nature competing with our spirit man, those advances which lead to greater spiritual responsibility may at times be preceded by a period that causes us some [...]

Why the righteous die untimely deaths

Sorrow is an unfortunate part of living in this world and there are times where life seems so unfair from our viewpoint, especially when those who are righteous are taken from this Earth before their time.  While they walked this Earth, their lives were a testimony of God’s love. They exhibited the fruit of the [...]

U.S. soldier suicides continue to rise

Colonel Eddie Stephens, deputy director of human resources policy for the U.S. Army, recently stated that soldier suicides for 2008 will probably surpass last year’s 115 suicides.  In a story reported by Catherine Elsworth of the London Telegraph, 93 soldiers have taken their lives so far this year and by the end of this year [...]

A Biblical view on self-mutilation, or “cutting”

Although the act of people cutting themselves has been discussed over the last few years as if it were a recent fad, self-mutilation has been around for centuries.  The Bible mentions it as being a ritual in pagan societies.  It is first mentioned in Leviticus.  Throughout this book, God through Moses gives a whole list of practices that [...]

Isaiah’s vision of resurrection and rapture

Centuries before Jesus Christ gave us an idea of things that would occur in the last days, or the apostle Paul gave us a glimpse of the Lord’s return in the letters to the Thessalonians, or John gave us his Revelation of the end of days, Isaiah had a vision from the Lord that outlines what would happen in [...]

Rehab is ok, but Christ’s salvation is better

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? Proverbs 20:9 Entertainment news in the Western Hemisphere seems to be chock full of the latest information on what celebrity has checked into rehab, going through rehab, or coming out of rehab.  It seems that we love to hear stories about people [...]

Asking for God’s deliverance while being stuck on stupid

Have you ever prayed to God to deliver you from a situation, but you were caught up in doing things that kept you stuck in the situation?  I know I have done it plenty of times.  Here’s the scripture that I’ve been reminded of when I’ve been stuck on stupid– “Peter therefore was kept in [...]

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