https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Trials/Fiery_Trials_5_1_Cor_10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also […]
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Trials/Fiery_Trials_4_Perspective.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download“Looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, Who, for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross… (Hebrews 12:2) When Jesus went to the cross to pay the price for man’s […]
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Trials/Fiery_Trials_3_Rom_5.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAnd not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope… (Romans 5:3-4) These are amazing words. Paul does not write the “we endure tribulations,” but that “we glory in […]
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Trials/Fiery_Trials_2_Verses.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download“When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply: The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine “The soul […]
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Trials/Fiery_Trials_1_Intro.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAll Christians, at one time or another, must go through times of adversity and difficulty. We must be sure that when these times come, we respond to them in such a way that we and others […]
Yesterday Vickie and I walked about five miles along the Ocoee River. It was a nice easy trail that wound along the riverside at the place where they held the Canoe/Kayak Slalom for the 1996 Olympic Games. The trail ends at the base […]
One of the great frustrations experienced by Christians has to do with how badly we have blown it. I’m not talking about how badly we have blown it before we became Christians. I’m talking about how badly we have blown it as […]
Most of you will remember the encouragement from Nehemiah, "…for the joy of the Lord is your strength." (Nehemiah 8:10) Or maybe you remember the Proverb, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine…" (Proverbs 17:22) Or you might recall the words […]
As I write these words, in the waning hours of 2008, many are filled with fear and apprehension about the future of America and of the world. Around the world, stock markets have fallen precipitously. National governments are furiously trying to "rebuild […]
For three or four days now I have had a loathsome head cold. You’ve had them too–miserable, disgusting, abhorrent, vile head colds. In the midst of nose blowing and watery eyes and hoarsened voice, we pray, miserably, "Lord! Please take this stuff […]