Category: Trials and Tribulations

For A Prey!

Thomas

November 12, 2018

Faith, Fear, Hearing God, Obedience, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

There is a verse in Jeremiah that has always confused me, but I have never taken the time to work through it… Jer 39:18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me,… Read more
Tranquility

Thomas

October 29, 2018

Doubt, Faith, Fear, Jesus Rest, Overcoming, Salvation, Spiritual Authority, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

What do we think of when we hear the words “quiet and peaceable?” I picture quiet mountain meadow, a log fire in a remote cabin or a night laying under the stars. I’m sure that word brings up something different for each of us. But for Paul, it meant something far more meaningful in his… Read more
Who Is Being Tempted?

Thomas

October 22, 2018

Faith, God’s Will, Obedience, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

When we are tempted in our circumstances we are faced with a choice. We can side with the world and the flesh or we can side with Jesus. I have always gotten that and clearly understand in every temptation the distinction between the choices. But I read something by Oswald Chambers one morning that really put… Read more
Missed It Again!

Thomas

October 15, 2018

Doubt, Faith, Fear, Jesus Rest, Overcoming, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, The Word, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

Do you ever find your self succumbing to fear? I have, more times than I really want to count. And it’s in those times when I can do nothing less than what God expects me to do… remember who I am and whose I am. But I don’t always do that and my confidence falls… Read more
Who or Which?

Thomas

October 8, 2018

God’s Will, Jesus Rest, Overcoming, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

I have always understood this verse, as have many others, as a promise: Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me. NKJV But the other day I, as is usually the case, read this verse in the KJV: Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Other versions like… Read more
With Not For!

Thomas

September 10, 2018

Hearing God, Obedience, Prayer, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, The Word, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

I have been trying to work through some difficult issues over the past few weeks and as I have reached out to the Lord, the Holy Spirit keeps taking me back to Jesus in the garden. He has shown me a great deal about Jesus and how He walked out that devastating moment in His… Read more
Waive Your Rights

Thomas

August 27, 2018

Dying to Self, Faith, God’s Will, Jesus Rest, Obedience, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

I read a short piece a while back by my favorite daily encourager, Oswald Chambers, He addressed our challenge with self-interest and how living by faith often sets the issue of waiving our rights center stage. Let me share the challenge that the Holy Spirit set in front of me after I digested his thoughts.… Read more
No New Words?

Thomas

August 20, 2018

Faith, Fear, God’s Will, Jesus Rest, Obedience, Overcoming, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, The Word, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

Once again, it never ceases to totally amaze me that I can read something in the Bible and all of a sudden an entirely different thought or understanding hits me. And perhaps that is why I love reading and studying the Word so much… there is always something new with the turn of a page.… Read more
I Forgot The Bread!

Thomas

August 13, 2018

Doubt, Faith, Fear, Grace, Hearing God, Jesus Rest, Obedience, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Word, Trials and Tribulations, Uncategorized

There they were, in a boat having crossed the Sea of Galilee and, after what they had just witnessed, what were they thinking about? Matt 16:5 Now when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. Mark tells us that they had just one loaf in the boat. And… Read more
All In!

Thomas

August 6, 2018

Covenant, Dying to Self, Faith, Jesus Rest, Obedience, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

I’m not a poker player but I’ve heard a well-turned phrase associated with the game…”All In.” That got me to thinking the other day about a lot of things that phrase applies to other than poker, and the one that stuck in my head concerned a verse from 1 Peter… 1 Peter 2:9 But you are… Read more