Bearing your cross is not about holding up bravely under pressure and adversity. You may have to be brave and handle pressure to bear your cross, but ultimately, bearing your cross is about you dying. Crosses are not tests and trials or tough times that you have to get through. Crosses are about execution—your execution. … Continue reading
Tag Archives: trials
Tears & Joy
I will not be emphatic on this, but I think I am right: You cannot truly experience joy without having first known sorrow. For without first experiencing sorrow, you cannot recognize joy. Perhaps children experience joy, but without the experiences of life their joy is vapid and is soon forgotten. But to the person who … Continue reading
When the Going Gets Tough
Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, getting that sermon for Sunday is tough (really tough). I’ve been there and done that! While working through my prayer journal this morning I noticed a sermon outline for a sermon I was privileged to preach to my Sunday night attendees at the great Fort Mill Church of … Continue reading
People problems
“Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” _Jesus, (John 16:33) ____________________________________ When Jesus informed us that “here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows” he was not informing us it was “us” against “them.” (Those mean ole bad sinners or Christians … Continue reading
It’s the journey that matters…
Living in the moment is fine when things are going well. And the truth is, at any given moment you could be doing very well. On the other hand, you could also be doing pretty badly. So remember, in the moments of this day, it is the journey, and finishing that journey, that matters. Live … Continue reading
Day 19/40-days: Forced Fasts
1 Samuel 1:7 (ASV) … therefore she wept, and did not eat. Sometimes a fast is forced upon us. The pain of life becomes so overwhelming that our appetite is taken away and replaced with tears and sorrow. This may be where you find yourself today. Dear friend, cast your cares upon the Lord. This too shall … Continue reading
What to do on the worst day of your life…
Luke 23:46 (NKJV) Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. As the Son of Man, the day Jesus was crucified was arguably the worst day of His life. So what did He do? He committed himself into the hands of his Father God. I think that’s an excellent example for us. As you start a … Continue reading
Can’t act, can’t sing, can dance a little…
Psalm 119:71 It was good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes. Many of Fred Astaire’s movies rank as classics of the silver screen. But in 1932, when Astaire was just starting out in Hollywood, he went to a screen test to try out for a part. It … Continue reading
