[Here's chapter 16 of "How God Guides." Bottom-line? He leads his friends. I love being one of them. I hope you do too.] Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart Psalm 37:4 A lot of mileage has been gotten from this verse. I don’t know about you, …
Being led without realizing it (until later)…
[Chapter 15 of "How God Guides." I'm sure we can all relate to this, where God does his leading sort of behind our backs! If you have a story about this, I'm sure we'd all like to hear it...] “You don’t realize now what I’m doing, but later you will understand.” John 13:7 “Guidance doesn’t …
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Avoiding the “Mediocre Middle” (Part 3)
In Parts 1 & 2 I’ve been talking about the “suffer-well” versus the “get-well” options for the Jesus follower who is going through difficult times. The conundrum is – am I supposed to endure this pain or escape it? It’s near blasphemy to some people to think that God would purposely leave any of his …
Divine appointments…
[Chapter 14 of "How God Guides"... You know when you find yourself in a situation that seems coincidental, but you're pretty sure this wasn't just the power of fate or luck? You know when you have a "chance meeting" someone in a place you never go, with someone you haven't seen in years, and you …
Avoiding the “Mediocre Middle” (Part 2)
In Part 1 I talked about the tension between having faith to “suffer well” and faith to “get well.” Sometimes God has his reasons for miraculously making us well and at other times he gives us the strength to suffer well. The same God who said to Moses, “I am the Lord who heals you,” …
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