The Joseph Story: Your Pain is Shaping a Legacy
Joseph came from a dysfunctional family but was destined for leadership. Though he suffered greatly, he never felt cheated or victimized. He believed it was all part of a glorious redemption story.
Joseph came from a dysfunctional family but was destined for leadership. Though he suffered greatly, he never felt cheated or victimized. He believed it was all part of a glorious redemption story.
His mercies are new every morning. This truth gave enduring hope and comfort to Jeremiah in a time of pain and severe affliction.
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith” (Luke 17:5). To increase our faith, we need to be willing to stretch the ordinary faith muscle we already have.
We should be comforted by the fact that we will face nothing in the future that God hasn’t already confronted on our behalf.
Will you trust God when He hijacks your plans? That’s the big question Joseph and Mary are faced with in the Christmas story.
Being on God’s side means that we will earnestly seek His glory above our individual momentary need—especially our need to be right.
Anxiety is often the result of protecting a self-conscious image rather than resting our conscience in the thoughts of God.
Faith is so much more than a mere belief system, moral code, or verbal credence; a living faith will incontrovertibly change the way we live.
A human majority has never weakened God’s purposes. No election has ever thwarted His plans!
A human majority has never weakened God’s purposes. No election has ever thwarted His plans!