Trusting God in the Storms of Life The storms of life, as depicted throughout the Bible, are powerful tools God uses to accomplish His divine purposes. From the raging floods of Noah’s time to the tempest that tested the disciples’ faith, these events are not mere...
How Believers Can Be in the World, but Not of the World When we read of the “world” in the New Testament, we are reading the Greek word cosmos. Cosmos most often refers to the inhabited earth and the people who live on the earth, which functions apart from God. Satan...
Scriptural Principles for Planning What sorts of plans should I be making? 1 Kings 5:5 “And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he...
Scriptural Principles for Planning Doesn’t planning ahead conflict with the idea of trusting God to lead? 1 Chronicles 28:19 “All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.” Nehemiah 2:11-16 “So I...
Scriptural Principles for Planning Homespun wisdom says, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Although you won’t find it put exactly that way in the Bible, you will find many stories of both effective and poor planning. The Bible teaches that God is a God of...
