Finding Strength When Life Seems Impossible By Joel B. Friends, there is not a person in the world who has not faced hard times. However, just because life seems rough at times doesn’t mean we should give up or get frustrated. When life gives us adversity we need to find ...
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Sometimes The Answer Is “NO” By Joel B. Friends, many times we approach the Lord God with seemingly good requests. We may ask for deliverance from an infirmity or for a much needed job. We know in our minds that the request would make life easier or better for ourselves ...
Read More »Sing A Song! Part II (Praise Comforts)
“I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will praise God to my last breath.” Psalm 104:3 (The Living Bible) It was November 21, 1873, when the ocean liner S.S. Ville de Havre was rammed by a British vessel, sinking in only minutes into Atlantic waters ...
Read More »Peirasmos: A Path to the Crown
Peirasmos: A Path to the Crown By Joel B. 1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be ...
Read More »Encouragement Through the Journey
One of my favorite books in the Bible is God’s holy word through James. Filling up merely a sliver of the Bible in five chapters, it’s not the longest by far, nor is it the shortest. It is just right, as baby bear would say. James is my go to ...
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