Category Archives: God’s Protection

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

God is concerned with people on the margins, the weak and vulnerable. Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Adoption, God, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Protection, Image of God, Seeing God, Seeking God, Study of God, Walking with God | Tagged a defender of widows, god of the weak, god of vulnerability | Leave a comment

How great is our God!

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name. But who am I,… Continue reading →

Posted in Fear of God, Glorify God, God, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, Seeing God, Seeking God, Study of God, Walking with God, Worship, worship song | Tagged God, greatness of God, who is god? | 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

Contentment and the presence of God

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

The reach of God’s presence. Continue reading →

Posted in Comfort, discouraged, Encouragement, Fellowship, God, God as Potter, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Protection, Seeing God, Seeking God, Walking with God | Tagged Contentment, God with us | 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

Not sure what to pray?

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Sometimes I need direction for my prayers and there is a great place to find it. Continue reading →

Posted in Devotions, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Personal devotions, Prayer, Public prayers | Tagged best prayers, collection of prayers, guidance in prayer, how to pray, Prayer, praying God's will | Leave a comment

Does God control weather?

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Sooner or later, someone will ask how God relates to things we call natural disaster? And how should God’s protection be understood? Continue reading →

Posted in God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Questioning God, Seeking God, Sovereignty | Tagged god and weather, Hurricanes, Tornadoes | Leave a comment

Allured by love

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

He promises to draw us apart, for there he can best deal with us, and this separated place is not to be a Paradise, but a wilderness, since in such a place… Continue reading →

Posted in Depression, Despair, Disciple-making, Discipleship, discouraged, Discouragement, Doubt, Fear of death, Glorify God, God, God as Potter, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Protection, God's Will, Godly sorrow, Questioning God, Seeking God, Spiritual disciplines, Suffering, Trials, Walking with God, Will of God | Tagged doubting God, God's ways not our ways, hard times, Questioning God, struggling, temptations, Trials | Leave a comment