All in Adversity
Everyone is talking about the “last days.” Many are “bunkered” and “hunkered.”
People live with pain. Emotional pain can be greater than physical pain.
Only God can make “two” separate, independent, people into “one.” It’s a miracle when it happens.
Here are 5 ways grace will immeasurably affect you.
Is escaping always the best answer to your problem?
Instantly, my mind heard, “The spirit of division.”
Are you looking a mountain in the face? Does it feel impossible?
You CAN recover. Christ is your identity. No one has the power to change your identity. Try these methods to recover from “identity assassination”
Lesson: “If you can learn to wait on God you can learn to wait on people
It’s not easy to see God’s side of your problem.He sees the END; you see the BEGINNING. Hesees the TRUTH; you see the FACTS.
Try these four key secrets that brought those miners through and will deliver you as well:
Don’t blame God.
Find an encourager.
Breathe…and sing
“Trust.”
RESTORATION. I love that word. It speaks of hope, of past mistakes being made up for.
God is a God of restoration. He doesn’t ignore failure. He gives us the courage to face failure and defeat what defeated us.
Betrayal is as old as humankind. A strong alliance or partnership is suddenly dissolved. Close, intimate friends are wounded. Cynicism sets in as it seems “no one can be trusted.”
There’s hope after betrayal.
An insult is a hard thing to handle. Our pride, position, and even personhood is attacked. We all tend to automatically lash out in retaliation.
How do you resist the urge to “fight fire with fire?”
I am not a great snow skier. I recall a time I slid down a mountain and was only stopped when I hit a snow fence and “face-planted” on the other side of it!
Snow skiing is “slightly downhill and out of control.” Kind of like TEMPTATION.
Sin is a slippery slope.
Leaders face crisis. Parents face crisis. Nations face crisis. Dealing with crisis correctly can mean the difference in a marriage divorcing or a war starting.
These days, everyone is offended. Offended by a social media “like" or “dislike.” Offended by being left out of the party. Offended by politics, religion, race, referees, and a hundred other possible stumbling blocks.
When Moses was gone for 40 days up the mountain, it turned into a “free for all” down below. People usually behave correctly until their leader is not around. THEN…it is up to their inner character.
The terrible violence in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a bell that tolls worldwide. It raises questions of who we are and where we are.
When Christ met a Samaritan woman at a well, those questions were answered.
America has gone out of control.
Civility, respect, and honor are disappearing. Anger, vitriol, and assault have become the norm.
