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Category Archives: Suffering
Thoughts From The Prophets: Is It Useless To Serve God?
“ ‘Your words have been harsh against Me’ says the LORD, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ You have said “It is useless to serve God; what profit is it that we have kept His ordinances, and … Continue reading
Posted in prophets, Suffering, Temptation, Textual study
Tagged a book of remembrance, a lifetime without seeing reward, envy the wicked, is it useless to serve God, job 13, job 19, job 27, Luke 16, Malachi 3:13-15, proverbs 19:3, psalm 73, randal matheny, thoughts from the Prophets:, why wicked prosper
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In The News: Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 hurricane, came ashore in Rockport, Texas on August 26. It is the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the continuous United States (Wikipedia). Some areas have received nearly 52” of rain (washingtonpost.com). No part of … Continue reading
Posted in evangelism, History, Nature, Priorities, Soul Winning, Suffering, Weather
Tagged 24 hour news, abu dhabi, bereans, cnn, cornelius, cyclone, fanny crosby, good samaritan, harris county texas, hurricane, hurricane harvey, in the news, inaccuracy in news, kindness, kindness not enough, louisianna, new york, ny times, oklahoma, orange yexas, port aransas texas, rockport texas, song rescue the perishing, Soul Winning, uae, washington post, yahoo news
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Prophecy: A Ram, A Goat, And A Little Horn
Daniel 8 records a vision of Daniel. This vision is said to have occurred in the third year of the reign of Belshazzar (Daniel 8:1). Belshazzar was co-regent with his father Nabonidus (cf. Daniel 5:7, 29). He was the last … Continue reading
Posted in God's Providence, God's Sovereignty, History, Prophecy, Suffering, Textual study
Tagged 1 maccabees, 2 Maccabees, alexander the great, antiochus epiphanes, antiochus IV, astyage, battle of gaugamela, belshazzar, cambyses, circumcision, cyrus, Daniel 8, don simpson, evel merodach, four divisons of greece, glorious land, goat, greece, josephus, judas maccabeus, kings of babylon, labashi marduk, little horn, medo persia, nabonidus, nabopolassar, nebuchadnezzar, neriglissar, onius III, persecution, persia, Prophecy, prophecy series, ram, rex turner sr
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Rejoicing
Emotions have a place in the lives of the godly. Let’s consider some things which should bring us joy. 1. David worshipped with joy. He wrote, “I will praise You, O LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of … Continue reading
Posted in emotions, heaven, Mental Health, Parables, psalms, Suffering, worship
Tagged 1 thessalonians 2:19-20, 2 corinthians 1:14, 2 john 4, 3 john 3-4, David, david's joy, guy woods, heaven, hebrews 12:2, henry van dyke, james 1:2-3, Jesus, Jesus' joy, john, john's joy, joy, joy in trials, matthew 13:44-46, matthew 5:11-12, parables on joy, paul, paul's joy, philippians 4:10 and 17, Psalm 40, psalm 9, psalm 95, rejoicing, rubel shelly, song joyful joyful we adore thee, the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price, worship
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The Beatitudes: Those Who Are Persecuted
“Blessed are those who persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly … Continue reading
Posted in beatitudes, Endurance, sermon on mount, Suffering, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged beatitudes, blessed, dioko, Endurance, example of apostles, example of Jesus, example of prophets, forms of persecution, great is your reward in heaven, happy, harass, hugo mccord, light affliction for moment, makarios, Matthew 5:10-12, motivation for endurance, persecution, physical abuse, pursue, put to flight, rejoice and be exceedingly glad, roland leavell, sermon on mount, so they persecuted the prophets before you, suffer for righteousness sake, summary of the beatitudes, verbal abuse
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Demons (Part One)
Demon possession is mentioned in the Bible. It is mentioned: 8 times in Matthew (4:23-25; 8:16; 8:28-34; 9:32-34; 12:22; 12:43-45; 15:21-28; 17:14-28); 8 times in Mark (1:21-28; 1:32-34; 1:39; 3:10-12; 5:1-20; 7:24-30; 9:14-29; 16:17-20); 9 times in Luke (4:31-36; 4:40-41; … Continue reading
Posted in Demons, Stats, Suffering
Tagged alexander campbell, demon possession, Demons, demons speak, differences between modern desciption of demon possession and the Bible, does demon possession still occur?, franklin camp, ghosts, guy woods, homer hailey, irenaeus, josephus, justin martyr, number of demon possessions in the Bible, philo, roy lanier sr., saul"s distressing spirit, the effects of demon possessions, was demon possession simple physical or mental illness, were angels departed human spirits?, were demons fallen angles?, what was demon possession, why did God allow demon possession, Zechariah 13
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Grace Series: My Grace is Sufficient
“Lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure” (2 Corinthians 12:7). Paul had … Continue reading
Posted in Grace, Suffering, Textual study
Tagged 2 Corinthians 12, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, boast in infirmities, God's Sovereignty, Grace, humble, jewish opponents, light affliction, memory of past, messenger of satan, My grace is sufficient for you, paradise, paul's eye sight, paul's memory, physical ailment, physical injury, strength in weakness, suffering, thorn in the flesh, what was paul's throne in flesh?
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Holy Spirit: In Prayer (Part 2)
“We know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves…” (Romans 8:22-23). There are three common views about … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering, Textual study
Tagged adoption, creation groans, creation personified, foy wallace jr., groanings, heart searcher, help with prayer, Holy Spirit, holy spirit or human spirit, hope, hope not seen, intercession, lynn blair, man's groanings or holy spirits groanings, personification, prayer, r.l. whiteside, redemption of body, Romans 8, roy deaver, saved by hope, spirit helps in our weaknesses, suffering, t. pierce brown, waiting for adoption, wayne jackson, we do not know what to pray, we our selves, whole creation, whole creation and we our selves
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