The story of Joseph is in the Bible for this reason: to teach you to trust God to trump evil. What Satan intends for evil, God, the Master Weaver and Master Builder, redeems for good.
The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity. [ 1 John 2:17 MSG
There is not a hint of one person who was afraid to draw near him. There were those who mocked him. There were those who were envious of him. There were those who misunderstood him. There were those w...
This is why he refused to close his fist. He saw the list! What kept him from resisting? This warrant, this tabulation of your failures. He knew the price of those sins was death. He knew the source o...
Though you see nothing, he is acting.
Un santo feliz es aquel que es consciente, al mismo tiempo, de la gravedad del pecado y de la inmensidad de la gracia. El pecado no se reduce, ni tampoco la capacidad de Dios para perdonarlo. El santo...
We are building our lives on the promises of God. Because his Word is unbreakable, our hope is unshakable. We do not stand on the problems of life or the pain in life. We stand on the great and precio...
We, like Paul, are aware of two things: We are great sinners and we need a great savior. We, like Peter, are aware of two facts: We are going down and God is standing up. So we … leave behind the Tita...
When safety becomes our god, we worship the risk-free life. Can the safety lover do anything great? Can the risk-averse accomplish noble deeds? For God? For others? No. The fear-filled cannot love dee...
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you. (Isa...
Which leads us to a second tool you need—an open Bible.
Who has more reason to worship than the astronomer who has seen the stars? Than the surgeon who has held a heart? Than the oceanographer who has pondered the depths?
28People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed them to have their own worthless thinking and to do things they should not do. 29They are filled w...
A person is worth something simply because he is a person.
A stronghold is a false premise that denies God’s promise. It sets itself up against the knowledge of God (v. 5 NIV). It seeks to eclipse our discovery of God. It attempts to magnify the problem and m...
Accept teaching from his mouth, and keep his words in your heart. [ Job 22:22 NCV ]
And God, the Master Builder. This is the meaning behind Joseph's words God meant it for good in order to bring about... The Hebrew word translated here as bring about is a construction term
As far back as the son of Adam, worshipers knew without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness (Heb. 9:22 NIV). How Abel
At the beginning of every act of faith, there is often a seed of fear.
Be a child again. Flirt. Giggle. Dip your cookies in your milk. Take a nap. Say you're sorry if you hurt someone. Chase a butterfly. Be a child again.
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