It Is Best to Rest
For millennia, God has called men and women to cease striving, trust Him, and surrender to His will and His way. Discover the magnificent tranquility available to you.
For millennia, God has called men and women to cease striving, trust Him, and surrender to His will and His way. Discover the magnificent tranquility available to you.
No matter if we’re four or 84...when we’re told not to do something, we immediately want to. Don’t touch wet paint. Don’t walk on the grass. Don’t fish off the balcony. We’re all guilty of wanting to do what we’re not supposed to. And that’s why we all need God’s grace.
From Isaiah 26 and Hebrews 4, Pastor Chuck Swindoll explains how peace is God’s gift to every believer. We don’t have to respond to life’s situations the world’s way because we possess supernatural faith.
There are few things cuter than the cluelessness of children. However, there are few things more tragic than an adult living a clueless life.
The last stage of marriage is that period of time when the nest is empty—either empty of the children or of one of the mates—or both. This is a critical stage in the home. All sorts of strange and unpredictable feelings transpire, and we find ourselves in need of stabilizing thoughts and direction.
In the process of being nurtured, children learn the quality of their parents’ love (security), the limits of their own liberty (maturity), and the characteristics of a healthy independence (purity).
Often we don’t meet needs because we’re too busy living our own lives. But by not helping, we miss out on God’s blessings. It’s through providing for others our lives are enriched.
Washing up for dinner is something we all learn as children. But in spiritual terms, there’s a banquet you’re invited to, which requires more than just soap and water—it takes blood.
Life is all about growing and learning. And it’s in the day-to-day living that we learn how to forgive, how to handle disappointment, and admit failure. It’s in the day-to-day struggles that we mature.
In this lesson, we will learn that encouragement is not the responsibility of a gifted few but the responsibility of the entire family of God. That means you.