Category Archives: God’s Will

Is God’s will revealed on all matters?

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

Should we seek God’s will in circumstantial signs, open doors, inner impressions, and feeling called by God? Continue reading →

Push the cow off the cliff

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

Sometimes our dependency on something small and limited is the biggest obstacle to our growth. Continue reading →

Posted in 18 Year factor, God as Potter, God's control, God's Heart, God's Protection, God's Will, personal, Personal devotions, Personal thoughts, personal update, Questioning God, Walking with God, Wisdom | Tagged ashes to beauty, cow off the cliff, mourning to dancing, Trusting God | Leave a comment

We Serve No Sovereign Here?

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

The concept of lordship invested in one individual is repugnant to the American tradition, yet this is the boldness of the claim of the New Testament for Jesus. Continue reading →

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Victory over bitterness and despair

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

Joseph’s story teaches us how to protect our hearts from the poison of bitterness and the prison of despair. Continue reading →

Posted in Bitterness, Despair, feeling hopeless, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Will, Hope?, Joseph's story, Mad at God, Questioning God, Seeing God, Seeking God, Walking with God | Tagged bitterness, Despair, Forgiveness, Joseph, life of Joseph, Story of Joseph, Suffering, Trials | Leave a comment

Wisdom for trials and suffering

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

“He knows the way he takes,” even if for the moment we do not. Perhaps God is preparing us for forms of service of which at present we have no inkling. Continue reading →

Posted in Blessed by God, discouraged, Discouragement, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Loss, Questioning God, Seeking God, Suffering, Trials, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom | Tagged feeling discouraged, loss of hope, suffering and god, Suffering for Christ, Trials of Job, Trials of life, what to do when discouraged | Leave a comment

He is jealous for me

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Nobody would imagine a Jealous God. But we are not making up an idea of God by drawing on our imagination. Continue reading →

Posted in Book of James, Envy and Jealousy, God, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, J. I. Packer, James, Jealousy, Seeking God, Study of God, Walking with God, Wisdom | Tagged james 4, jealousy of god | Leave a comment

Salvation is eternally secure

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

The stability and effectiveness of both our walk with God and our service for Him is directly related to our understanding of the salvation He has given to us. Continue reading →

Posted in Afraid to die, Afterlife, Eternal security, God's Love, God's Protection, God's Will, Heaven, Questioning God, Salvation, Security of salvation, Seeking God, Walking with God | Tagged eternal life, hope in death, Jesus our savior, secure salvation | Leave a comment

The Almighty has terrified me

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Trusting in the goodness of God’s providential hand even when I can’t see it. Continue reading →

Posted in Fear, Fear of death, Fear of God, Glorify God, God, God as Potter, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Will, Mad at God, Questioning God, Seeking God, Sovereignty, Suffering | Tagged God and suffering. mystery, God's providence, God's sovereignty | Leave a comment

God of the vulnerable

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it….He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Abuse, Adoption, Child Abuse, Childhood trauma, God, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Image of God, Orphans, Seeking God, Study of God, Walking with God, Will of God | Tagged god's compassion, God's mercy, God's Love, Mercy, True God | Leave a comment