Just because something doesn’t happen in our timing doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen. Wanting and waiting develops character. We need to grasp what God is doing today to prepare us for tomorrow. If he gave us our desire today, we likely wouldn’t have the character to keep it….
God gets the glory out of the things that we go through, but he does NOT put us in that situation. He doesn’t give us tests and trials. It is the thief who comes to steal, kill, and destroy who does that. Three men in Daniel Chapter 3 were forced…
In tough circumstances, it sometimes looks like God has left us to handle things by ourselves. But a delay is not a denial. The Bible reads, weeping endures for a night, but joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5). The situation is a temporary circumstance; it is not fact. We…
There are times that a husband will stay at work late while trying to get ahead all the while justifying it by saying he is doing it for his family. His wife is at home with a cold dinner wondering why he puts work before his family. She feels as…
When we get married, we go through a sequence of events that lead us up to it. We spend our time getting to know that person. We LOOK for ways to spend time and to get to know them better. We spend our money because we love that person. We…
If we think the sequence of things doesn’t matter then we need to try walking up to a complete stranger of the opposite sex and saying, “I want to get married.” It’s all about timing and the order of events. If you’ve got her phone number but the numbers are…
Some people like to skip to the end of a book to see how it ends. They find solace in knowing the ending. That way they can relax while they read the book. As we read through the Bible, we find that God wins in the end. He overcame it…
We all see the same things; we just see them differently. If we consider the different places where we can get seats in a stadium or at a concert venue, the vantage point can vary significantly. The Bible says that we are seated with Christ in a position of victory…
So often we get caught up in what’s happening center stage and forget how much prep work has to be done out of sight and behind the scenes. God needs us to grab a hold of this message and say, “I walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians…
When you start expecting something good you start thinking, “Hey, something good is about to happen to me!” When my Dad died, we had one guy on staff. We were trying to deal with all of the change, and our expectations were low. But then I started hanging around with…
It can be easy to think, “I’m going to base what God is GOING to do in my life, on what God has already done in my life.” That’s a BIG MISTAKE! God can do exceedingly, abundantly, more than we could ever think ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). God is…
What we focus on is what manifests in our life. It can be easy to find ourselves in a negative mindset, down in the gutter, saying we don’t want to get our hopes up because life is hard and bad things happen. I remember getting married at 18 years old,…
