Tag: Week 6 // Monday

Trusting God’s Plan in Trials

Have you ever done something you immediately regretted? When I was in middle school, I let a friend of mine copy my math homework. Our teacher caught my friend with both of our homework packets in hand and called us into the hallway to yell at us for cheating. I

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God’s Plan in Suffering

Endure to the End Do you ever feel like the wicked prosper while the righteous suffer? Faithful Christians who know and trust God, who walk faithful to His commands, and who live out the gospel still experience all kinds of suffering, injustice, and loss this side of heaven. Seeing the

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Enduring Faith

Today’s verses are the very heart of what Love God Greatly has been in my own life, and what we strive to be and to create for the community of women around the globe. Hebrews 10:24–25 says:  “And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to

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Grace and Mercy in Full Supply

Finding Refuge in God Hebrews 4:14-16 is one of my favorite passages of the Bible. It bears the heart and thoughts of God for us succinctly. I do not serve a God that does not care about me or one that only needs me for his personal gains and wicked

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Purpose in Trials

  One of the reasons I love the Bible is its profound use of words. The way the Bible uses words might look random to the untrained eye, but it is so profound and awe inspiring to students of the Bible. Let us look at the first sentence of verse

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Pause and Reflect

I cannot imagine what this scene must have been like to witness it in person. Here you have the very Son of God riding on a donkey. I love the response of the people. First, they put a cloak on the donkey, and then they place their cloaks on the

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An Effective Weapon

Fencing is a sport I only ever see when the Olympics is on. It’s fascinating to watch. While I don’t know all the rules, it is a quick moving battle between two athletes who use swords (foil, épée, or saber) to attack and defend with the aim of striking their

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Clearing the Temple

In Nehemiah, we see the priest who was appointed over the chambers of God use the temple for purposes that it was not intended to be used for. Then, in Matthew we see a similar thing happen—the temple was being used for something it was not supposed to be used

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Hope in Him

“Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.” Job 13:15 Job was a faithful servant of God, but God allowed Satan to take all of Job’s possessions, his children, and even his health. Job was crushed, as all of

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Blessed is the King

  “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” –Luke 19:38   Blessed is the God of all the earth, our Savior, King, and Redeemer. The One who is and is to come. The everlasting King of glory.

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