Tag: sadness
Put One Foot in Front of the Other (How to move forward after a suicide)
Yesterday morning I was working at the office when the email came. The brief message began with these words… It is with a sad heart that [we inform you that] one of our own students took their life last night. My jaw dropped. My heart broke. My mind immediately went to the parents, to the…
Why Do Christians Pray? (Here are six reasons)
Why do Christians pray? The short answer is that Christians pray because they have faith. But since you probably knew that, let me offer a more thorough explanation. Honestly, there are probably innumerable reasons why Christians pray. Christianity is a relationship with GOD through Jesus Christ. Amazingly, the almighty Creator and Sustainer of the universe…
3 Psalms That Will Encourage You During Evil Times
Do you find yourself feeling depressed over the increase of evil around you? I do. Here are 3 psalms that will lift your spirits and help you express your emotions to GOD. Read this ⬇️ and you’ll feel encouraged.
Why I’m Thankful for Christian Holidays Like Christmas and Easter
I love holidays like Christmas and Easter. When I was young, I recall my dad telling me from time to time: “Son, if you can cause a person to think about GOD for one second when they wouldn’t have otherwise, you’ve done a good thing.” This has always stuck with me over the years, and…
6 Life Lessons We Can Learn from Our Pets (How Your Animal Can Make You a Better Person)
As I’m writing this, my family is in the midst of grieving the loss of our fourteen-and-a-half year-old cat we affectionately named Luckie Bear. Luckie had been sick for several weeks and we feared the worst. After multiple trips to the vet, and several medicines and shots, we reached the difficult conclusion that his time…
The GOD of Tragedy (How GOD Works Good out of Bad)
Perhaps it’s just my perception, but the world seems to be filled with more tragedy recently. National headlines included numerous shootings, including the terrible Newtown school shootings, a shooting at a Portland, Ore. shopping mall, and what seems like countless suicides. Closer to home, people we know have been affected by various tragedies and deaths.…
December 30 – Revelation (part 4)
Reading Rev. 14:1-19:5 Devotional Today’s reading is full of symbolism and figurative language that can be quite difficult to understand. The text begins with the 144,000 redeemed souls—first mentioned in Rev. 7—praising Jesus with a new song that only they could learn. There was the sound of harpists playing harps which accompanied the song. GOD’s…
December 17 – Pursue Godliness, Don’t Love Money
Reading 1 Tim. 1:1-6:21 Devotional Apparently, after two years in house arrest, Paul was released. The Scriptures don’t record the details, but the early part of Paul’s first letter to Timothy indicates that Paul has traveled back to the Macedonia region, and has left Timothy in Ephesus, which is where Paul sends the letter known…
December 10 – Paul Travels to Jerusalem
Reading Acts 20:3b-21:16 Devotional Having left Ephesus and returned to Corinth for three months, Paul and his companions are headed towards Jerusalem, apparently for the purpose of delivering the Corinthians’ gift of financial aid to the needy Christians in Jerusalem (1 Cor. 16:1-4). However, the Jews there in Greece made a plot against Paul (Acts…
December 5 – Christ’s Strength Perfected in Weakness
Reading 2 Cor. 10:1-13:14 Acts 20:2-3a Devotional Paul suffered greatly as an apostle for Jesus. He also was blessed immensely as a result of His obedience to Jesus’ call. In order for Paul not to become conceited (that is, to think too highly of himself—to be arrogant), he was given a thorn in the flesh to…
