WHY WE DON'T LOSE HEART
/in Faith, Steadfast Hope“Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16) Paul can’t see the way he used to. He can’t hear the way he used to. He doesn’t recover from beatings the way he used to. His strength, walking from town to town, doesn’t hold up […]
SUFFERING THAT STRENGTHENS FAITH
/in Faith, Steadfast Hope“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” (James 1:2–3) Strange as it may seem, one of the primary purposes of being shaken by suffering is to make our faith more unshakable. Faith is like muscle tissue: if you stress it […]
THE DECREES OF GOD
/in Discipleship, Steadfast HopeIsaiah 14:24, 27 “(vs.24) The Lord Almighty has sworn, ‘Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen’. (vs27) For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?” This is known as a […]
