Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 88 – Hopes and Dreams
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. –Proverbs 16:3 Does this mean that God will make all our plans succeed? As Dr. Snyder says, that would be chaos! The word that is important in this proverb is "commit." Dr. Snyder explains, "…this is a piece of wisdom that encourages us to commit and submit all our business, activities, and plans to God so that if they are good and in line with his highest will, they'll come
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 16 – Wait in Hope
by TJ Bates via Theology Mix "We wait in hope for the Lord, he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name." -Psalm 33:20-21 As we continue with the 100 Day Prayer, we, too, are waiting and hoping. But are we waiting and hoping in the same way the psalmist is? Dr. Snyder explains what the psalmist is saying in this verse: “The psalmist waits, but he waits for a sure thing. The word
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 8 – Wait for the Lord
by TJ Bates "Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." -Psalm 27:14 In this day and age, waiting is something that none of us want to do. We get frustrated if our computers are too slow, or traffic isn't moving as fast as we like, and, heaven forbid, if we have to wait in line for anything. Why is "waiting for the Lord" important? "If anything matures our faith, it's this—waiting for the Lord to act when
From the Pastor: How Do We Discern God’s Guidance in Adversity?
For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end. -Psalm 48:14 In talking to friends here and back in the USA, through this time of lockdown, stressful situations, and restrictions, it appears many are seeking God’s guidance and help. So how do we discern God's guidance? What we learn from others is that God’s leading “was done in such a way that I couldn’t possibly have missed the point. The whole experience
From the Pastor: Who Said Waiting for God Is Easy?
“Wait for the Lord.” Wait for the Lord! The phrase occurs so often in the Psalms because King David feels that it is worth repeating. 1 and 2 Samuel provide us historical context and understanding for this exhortation occurring in many of David’s Psalms. Life is full of bad surprises: betrayals, conspiracies, battles, diseases, reversals of fortune, slander, hatred, and the like. David experienced them all—repeatedly. He was forever finding himself in endless conflicts and perils that he spent much of his
