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Category Archives: Comfort
It doesn’t feel good to be a Christian
Zac Northen wrote a perceptive piece over at Relevant Magazine titled, Can Inner Peace be Misleading? His call is timely for many people: “We need to develop the wisdom for living a life that is comfortable with being uncomfortable, and … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Anxiety, Attitude, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Comfort, Complaceny, Complaining, Conflict, Contentment, Culture, Defeat?, Depression, Despair, Discernment, Discouragement, God's Will, Guidelines for living, Hope?, Pain, Peace, Problem of evil, Sanctification, Suffering, Trials, Will of God
Tagged C. S. Lewis, Guidance from God, Peace, Suffering, Will of God
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Another Great Song!
“Why?” “The question that is never far away. But healing doesn’t come from the explained.” What a great truth about the place where ”the hurt and the Healer collide!“ This is the place “where Glory meets my suffering.“ I love so many lines … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Assurance, Broken Relationships, Comfort, Depression, Despair, Discouragement, Encouragement, Evil in the world, Grieving, Loss, Love, Mistreated, Pain, Sadness, Suffering, Wisdom
Tagged Despair, Loss, Suffering
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A Closer look at Hope
The Nature of Christian Hope 1. Hope is a response – of those who have experienced the mercy of God’s loving intervention and by faith embraced the certainty of God’s promises for the future. – I Peter 1:3-4 – “In His … Continue reading
Posted in Christian worldview, Comfort, Contentment, Depression, Despair, Discouragement, Emotions, Encouragement, End Times, Eternal life, Eternal security, Heaven, Hope?, Loss, Meaning of life, purpose, Restoration, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Wisdom
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Eternal Joy!
After successfully establishing his career as a distinguished medical doctor, (with special appointment as Chief Clinical Assistant to Sir Thomas Horder, the King’s physician), the late Martyn Lloyd-Jones left medicine to pursue a call to ministry. Lloyd-Jones became one of … Continue reading
Wasted time on regrets and fears
Many people waste too much time and energy on past regrets (leading to guilt and depression) or future fears (feeding anxiety and distress). These feelings must be viewed as intruders and thieves intent on stealing the joy of the … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Assurance, Comfort, Counseling, Depression, Despair, Devotions, Emotions, Encouragement, Faith, Fear
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Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded.
“This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, … Continue reading
The Easter Question
“How final is death?” or “Can we expect to live after our earthly lives end?” The story of Jesus didn’t end with death because, “God raised him up putting an end to the agony of death since it was impossible for … Continue reading
Prepared to face the latter days of our lives
“A paradox stands at the center of life: only when we give it away, do we really have it. That was the secret that was hidden in the life, death and resurrection of Christ. There is, therefore, no longer any threat from … Continue reading
Posted in Afraid to die, Afterlife, Christian worldview, Comfort, Death, Fear of death, Heaven, Hope?
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Are you feeling down?
Long winter months or difficult seasons of life can take their toll on us and make us feel weighed down under a spirit of discouragement. It’s easy in this life to become discouraged. And when we find ourselves under … Continue reading
“Is he — quite safe?”
In a scene from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the children became quite nervous about meeting Aslan when they learned that he is a lion. “Is—is he a man?” asked Lucy. “Aslan a man!” said Mr. Beaver sternly. … Continue reading
Posted in Blessed by God, C. S. Lewis, Christian worldview, Comfort, Fear of God, God, Praise, Prayer, Wisdom, Worship
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