As a young person, he struggled for clarity from the numerous inputs he witnessed around him, most of them conflicting and confusing. A respected friend once told him that if he wanted a deeper faith, he needed to seek it, and he would find it. His love for Jesus guided...
I knew I needed a savior, but I had doubts. How could I be assured that what I was learning was correct?
This individual’s faith journey began by reading passages from Gideon’s Bible that he found on a hotel bedside table while traveling. The words started his inquisitive mind to ponder faith, but real clarity came when he read the book Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Lewis’s explanation of the truth about...
When my lifelong wife died unexpectedly, I questioned the future without her.
This individual was so lonely that he only felt comfort when he talked to God. He is trusting in Him and seeking answers in the Bible and from the Holy Spirit as he moves forward in his life. Several verses help to bring clarity to his situation. “So also you...
This individual recently asked God what he could do for his neighbors to share Jesus without knocking on the door and preaching to them.
At four o’clock in the morning, in a time of prayer, God gave him his answer, make pies. He could not wait to tell his wife, whom he believes to be the best pie maker on planet earth, about the plan. He has delivered pies to several neighbors and is...
When we followed God’s will to move to a new area, we checked for abusers first, so why did He allow us to move there only to have a neighbor abuse our son?
God funneled the pain and grief from the situation into action and determination. He preserved her son’s life, and she was filled with gratitude and a laser-sharp focus on helping him. She found strength in the book of Genesis, “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant...
If God healed my son of Trisomy 8, why didn’t He heal him of his Autism, too?
This individual found comfort in the book of Isaiah, “but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint” (Is 40:31). In regards to the healing of Autism,...
When there is chaos and pain all around me, and even in my own life, how can I trust in a God I cannot see? How can I hope that things will work out?
Today we being to explore some questions that people have wrestled with and I am going to share how they found their own answers and comfort in God’s word. Two Bible verses helped this person. “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”...
Why does God require me to “surrender all” to Him? Why is this so hard for me to do?
I believe that what God want’s us to surrender to Him is our selfish, sinful will. Sin creates a distance between God and us. God has a plan for our life, which is much better than our own. The Bible tells us, “For I know the plans I have for...
Why is prayer such hard work? What are ways that I can grow in relating to God in prayer?
God did not intend for prayer to be complicated. He desires to talk with us, but this is a challenging concept. For many, the idea that an all-powerful unseen God has the time or desire to listen to us is hard to grasp. Maybe we are intimidated by “prayer...
I have prayed a lot about my struggle with “X (sin)” but God has not taken my desire away. Why isn’t my prayer working?
This is an interesting question. We must first ask ourselves if the sin we ask for help with is something we secretly still desire in our hearts. The apostle Paul struggled with this also. He tells us, “For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I...