Jesus, in the garden of Gethsemane, faced His “cup” with courage and confidence in the Father. Believers must also face their “cup” and their cross. Face it like Jesus.
Christ came to minister to hurting hearts. Would you learn of Him how to help others find beauty despite their piles of ashes? Like Him, you must be filled with the Spirit.
The Bible pictures God's people as strangers and pilgrims passing through an unfriendly world. The apostle Peter shows us that inspite of these earthly trials we can have hope and even joy, for four different reasons.
The song writer answered this question for us: “Oh, yes, He cares! I know He cares!” But how does He show that He cares when we face difficulties, disease, disaster, death? Be comforted as you listen to this sermon, and learn to recognize ways that Jesus is showing you that He really cares.
Pastor Melvin Roes shares from his heart and experiences (including the death of his wife) in this personal message. Faith in crisis is simply reaching out (in absolute dependence) to a God Who cares.
Day after day, people rush from project to project, responsibility to responsibility, obligation to obligation. Christ still says, “Come; I will give you rest." This invitation is from our Savior. Yet, as He walked among men, He was one who knew little rest. So how can this be?
To every person, life brings stresses, problems, difficulties and reverses. With them we all must cope. Where did they originate? How can the Christian learn to live with the problems of life and be at peace regardless?
Do you wish you knew how to show a bereaved friend that you care about their heart-deep anguish? From the depths of personal grief, experienced when death snatched two of his sons, David suggests ways to share the sorrow of those who mourn, including some advice on what not to do and say.
Death is a result of sin; and it is an enemy we all face. Medical science and health advocates are continually seeking ways to prolong life and delay the process of death. They would like to destroy death. But death is all inclusive and certain. It does not miss anyone. What can we do?
What can you do when you pray, but get no answers? Can it be that God is asking you a question by His silence? Or could it be possible that you don’t hear the answer because you don’t know what to be listening for?
Do you struggle with life’s unanswerable “whys”? Is it God who allows hard things, bad things, pain and death to happen? When we pray and it seems God does not respond, what is wrong?
