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June
2010
God's preparation for spiritual growth is not peace and
spiritual fulness, but the turning of His plow deepin the
settled fields of the heart/ His seeds grow best in borken
and turned soil watered by tears and warmed by His Word.
Be encouraged. Don't mistake pain and heartache for spiritual
attack. God is utterly sovereign.
June
2010
The
path to deep, true happiness requires first lettimg go of
whater you require to change before you'll be happy. Hold
your desires with an open hand rather than a clinched fist.
Trust God.
July
2009
It
never ceases to amaze me how the problems women in rural
third world countries experience in their marriages, while
appearing entirely different on the outside, are really
the same at the heart level. T
Dec
2008
Sometimes God's hand presses upon you with unrelenting love,
asking you to submit in areas not yet submitted, areas where
you still feel the need to protectyourself more than trust
Him. Those are the times you quietly say, "I've got
this one God, thanks anyway" and end with your own
Garden of Gethsemane, unable to obey as Christ did. Your
spirit may be willing, but your feet are paralyzed with
fear. Your own strength, insufficient for salvation, is
also insufficient for sanctification. Fall into Christ's
arms, ask Him to carry you. He has been there and through
and He knows the way.
June
2008
I
believe there are tough times ahead, times that we in the
US have never seen before nor imagined, and it's coming
quickly. It's easy to get discouraged or fearful, but God
is sovereign and eternal. God's hand moves to discipline
us and reveal Himself to us. Eleven
years ago, newly married, my husband and I both lost our
jobs in the same week. To this day, I don't know how we
kept our house, paid our bills, and continued tithing, but
miraculously we did. As I look back, those were very precious
times for us as a couple and as Christians humbled by hardship
and learning to rely on God.
My
teaching trips to third world countries contiue to remind
me that God is sometimes worshipped more easily in a refugee
camp than in a mansion. Yet, so often in the midst of suffering,
we spend that time in self-pity, fear, and worry. The question
to ask ourselves when faced with any painful situation is
not, "How will I survive?" but "How can I
handle this suffering in a God pleasing way?"
In
your trials, remember that God sent even Jesus into the
wilderness. Waste no suffering. Look for the opportunity
that God may be presenting to you. See the photo below of
a man I met in a Kenyan refugee camp who saw the time he
had on his hands as a refugee and the crowded conditions
as an opportunity to share God's Word and teach others about
God's Word.
Interviews
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