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Appreciate your replies and comments Brother! Concerning faith, in humility I'm always reminded that faith has no power but is only the medium of transfer of God's power; and that even faith has been given me, which also is not of my own doing, as it brings me along and not I bring it along...

In this “valley” (Psa 23:4), are we looking at “death’s shadow” more than at God’s provision of “comfort”? Regardless of which, all who are reborn have been delivered from “death” (John 8:51), even though while in its shadowed-valley (John 5:24; 1 John 3:14)! It has been encouragingly said that...

Thanks for the encouraging reply, and God bless!

As we already know, the primary goal of every believer is to put others before self (Phl 2:3). This is the priority for those who desire to put God first because it is how we “keep” His “commands” (John 14:15), which are summed up into one—namely “love one another” (John 15:12, 17). Therefore to...

Nice comment, and I agree. Also I think God blessed certain of the faithful believers in the past (prior to the prevalence of numerous false teachings) to have the talent in understanding more of what spiritual growth in the Word teaches. Blessings!

Thanks 1CL for your kind compliment, and God's blessings to your Family!

Thanks JR for your input! God bless!

I agree, only God can ordain, regardless of ones theological scholastic performance. You can also rest assured that I have not taken offence because I and others have encountered suspicious inquiries of this type, and the mention on my page of being ordained is purely for informative reasons...

Hi and thanks for your reply! It's my understanding that through the difficulties that God brought on Israel, He disciplined those among them who believed in Him, and destroyed those among them who were in unbelief. I do not think this relates to what the article means by "tribulation." Blessings!

For those in Christ, there hasn’t been and will never be a general tribulation such as will involve the world (majority of society). This sense is in reference to the eschatological tribulation which contains “things which must shortly come to pass” (Rev 1:1). These “things” are not difficulties...

When it is again time for a difficulty, our present modus operandi (mode of operation) is irrelevant as related to the outcome of it! The outcome is the same whether we “endure its hardness” (2 Tim 2:3) or have yet to learn to endure, because it has already been purposed for “good” (Rom 8:28)...

One of the encouraging concepts I find concerning “made us meet” is that of God lifting us above ourselves in our thoughts of unworthiness. The significance here is that though we realize we are unworthy apart from Christ, we learn that we are made (meet) worthy in Him; and the imputation of His...

Peace with God on our side can be unnecessarily interrupted when we think there could be times He may not be at peace with us on His side, which could never be. In Christ, He punishes not out of anger but rather disciplines out of love. Thus, everything a believer encounters and does is merely...

Hi and thanks for your comment! Amen!--the ouch humbles us and it's unnecessary for us to think of it more than a lesson in our paces, as everything in the life of believers is! I think we learn this in the ever-drawing "work" (Phil 2:13) of God in those who are His! God bless, and God be blessed!

Appreciate your comment. This is a good example of Jesus being the root (vine) and we the branches, which are connected to Him (John 15:5). The connection is manifest by the fruit, and no fruit means no connection, indication a false profession!

The Lord Jesus’ peace in this scene was a wonderful thing. I note there are two truths which, as they are known, impart to us this peace. The first is seeing Him by faith in the place where he is, where He has prepared a place for us. In a place of evil and sorrow like this, it is an immense...

Only the Spirit God can inwardly “bear witness with our spirit that we are children of God” (Rom 8:16), thus He continually confirms and assures in our understanding we are His, which none other can do. Then there is the outward indication (which is not necessarily affirmed conformation) of...

When we fully understand that God uses everything in our lives (all thoughts, feelings, words and actions) to “work together for our good,” we can then realize that the sum of all we encounter is but to teach us to know that we need not to wonder if our daily lives are counting for Him in the...

Hi Sis, and thanks again for your compliment! Blessings!

Believers are to be aware of their sin nature (old man) and its sins but not consciously stayed on them, for He knows this would hinder spiritual growth in our faith in the Lord Jesus and thus become less useful in His purposes. A fixation on our sins indicates a less-than-full understanding of...