“In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials” 1 Pet. 1:6. Last week I wrote on ‘Praising God in the midst of our storms’ as part of allowing our adversities to prepare us for eternity?’ We praise...
David says, “Onething I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek” (Ps. 27:4). David gives expression to his deep longing through these verses that what he sought after, was not simply the deliverance or provisions from the Lord, but the Lord Himself. This longing he pursues with great...
BURDENS TO SHOULDER ALONE (Gal. 6:5) We have been looking at ‘HOW TO DEAL WITH OUR BURDENS?‘ from various angles and already considered the two very important aspects, ‘Burdens to Share‘, and ‘Burdens to Shed‘. It’s important to share in some of the burdens that people go through, whereas some...
Share in the Burdens of Others – Gal. 6:1-5 We all have burdens of various kinds – physical handicaps, chronic sickness, emotional imbalances, uncertainties of the future, financial crises, family conflicts and depression, to name a few. We also have spiritual burdens – living with spiritual failures, domination of sin,...
Jesus said to the disciples, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm (Matt. 8:26). The disciples got in to a ship in which Jesus was setting off. The winds were howling, the waters...