Why do we live in this land of “mostly forgiving?” Why do we find it so hard to forgive and truly forget?
Trust in God
In fact, the Bible tells many stories of people caught in storms – political, financial, military and meteorological – who were directed into specific actions that saved their own and many other lives.
I don’t know about you, but I have never had any success trying to boss someone around while attempting to trust them simultaneously. Trying to be in control and relinquishing control at the same time just doesn’t work.
Desperate longings can tempt us do desperate, disobedient things. Desire not submitted to Christ can make us to lose our sensibility, justify our behavior, and make excuses.
His words remind us (again) that, by His death, He rescued us from the fear of our death. Therefore we are released from having to “cower through life, scared to death of death.”
We are all tempted to believe that deadly tsunamis, bone-chilling temperatures or collapsing stock markets mean things are out of control. That is simply not true.
Understanding the differences between control, responsibility and liability — and how those nudge parents to try controlling teens.
The author describes her personal story of triumph over the pain of a military deployment.
When we focus so much on the world’s idea of wisdom, we kill off our connection to God’s truth.
Trusting God amid dashed hopes and dreams