Provision

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Jesus Is Our Foxhole Feb 25, 2023 The Christian says, ‘Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such…
Jesus Is Bigger Jul 24, 2017 It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. In every cloud he brings, God wants us to unlearn something. God’s purpose in the cloud is to simplify our…
The Enormity of Providence Feb 23, 2017 God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them. ~ John Piper He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by…
Our Own Macedonian Call Nov 17, 2016 I have often, myself, sat in darkness, and cried aloud for the Holy Spirit to deliver me from the fantasies that gather round a parched soul like flies round a rotting carcass in the desert. Likewise,…
Clothed in Our Past Sep 22, 2016 It is the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet, tender joy. The mild serenity of age takes the place of the riotous blood of youth. I bless the rising sun…
Loved from Forever Jul 31, 2016 God is love and God is sovereign. His love disposes him to desire our everlasting welfare, and his sovereignty enables him to secure it. ~ A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) This fool of a writer thought he…
Forever in His Thoughts: Eternal Planning for You Apr 26, 2016 The Bible is a universe of revelation facts which have no meaning for us until we are born from above; when we are born again we see in it what we never saw before. We are…
Digging A New Well Apr 10, 2016 Trust involves letting go and knowing God will catch you.James C. Dobson (1936- )And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him, and the man became rich,…
Running Down The Middle of The Path Oct 27, 2015 Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father’s active goodness and unrestricted love.~Brennan Manning, Ruthless TrustPreserve me, O…
Re-Entry Sep 7, 2015 A re-post as this writer goes into his third cultural transition in a little over three years… We contradict the Lord to his face when we say: It is hard, it is difficult; we cannot, we…
Miracles Out of The Depths of Time Aug 4, 2015 The crosses which we make for ourselves by a restless anxiety as to the future are not crosses which come from God. We show want of faith in him by our false wisdom, wishing to forestall…
He It Is That Doth Go Before Us Jun 9, 2015 A re-post on Providence… This blogger is looking forward to More and enjoying what He is already Providing…The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind. I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to…
When Dreams Come True May 14, 2015 Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.~John Bunyan (1628-1688) I want to be…
Him Proving His Plans for Us Jan 30, 2015 Thank you, Father, for these tears that have carried me to the depth of your love. How could I have known your fullness without the emptiness, your acceptance without the rejection, your forgiveness without my failure,…
The One Who Was – Is Now Nov 26, 2014 Leave to thy God to order and provide;In every change he faithful will remain.Be still, my soul; Thy best, thy heavenly FriendThrough thorny ways leads to a joyful end.~Katharina von Schlegel (b. 1697)So when Joseph came…
Big Faith Nov 25, 2014 Little faith will bring your soul to heaven; great faith will bring heaven to your soul.~Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a…
Right Action from A Heart of Great Love Oct 27, 2014 The norm or measure by which any thought or action is to be judged a success or failure, right or wrong, is love.~Joseph Fletcher“None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for…
Growing An Enormous Faith in An Even Bigger God Dec 18, 2013 Faith and sight are set in opposition to each other in Scripture, but not faith and reason…. True faith is essentially reasonable because it trusts in the character and the promises of God. A believing Christian…