Tagged: God’s Truth

4 Truths to Conquer the 4 D’s

Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.   2 Corinthians 4: 1, 7-9 It's been a year. A year since the writer's… Read More

One-on-one with Satan

This post is adapted from my Bible study Storms of Life   Face-to-face, eye-to-eye, one-on-one. Can you imagine standing toe-to-toe with Satan? I’d have a stroke or drop dead, or both! But that’s exactly what happened. Two people in Scripture stood in the presence of Satan: Eve, in the Garden of Eden, and Jesus, after forty days in the desert. On the surface, these are two radically different events but, when we look closer, we can… Read More

5 Steps to Peace when Life Hurts

See, I [the Lord] am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wilderness. Isaiah 43:19 This is one of my favorite verses. Look at the verbs God uses: I am doing… I am making… God is at work, even when we are in difficult times. It brings hope when I am struggling through a desert or wilderness.… Read More