If you are caught up in a storm of suffering 1. Be free to speak honestly and angrily about your suffering The top sufferers in the bible always expressed their honest anger to God Job:The arrows of the Almighty are in me…. God’s terrors are marshaled against me……What strength do I have that I […]
Why is there so much suffering? by Duncan Moore …Email article to a friend There are two types of question people ask about suffering. Firstly there’s the general question: If God is good why does he allow so much suffering, or to put it another way, why does he allow the world to remain in […]
“Why does God test us?”……When we ask why God tests us, or allows us to be tested, we are admitting that testing does indeed come from Him, as clearly taught in Scripture. Although we are forbidden to test Him. Deuteronomy 6:16You must not test the Lord your God as you did when you complained at […]
Laying Up Treasures in Heaven We have now come to speak of the most interesting and delightful phase of the Christian life. Nothing brings greater joy to the heart of a Christian than that of laying up treasures in heaven. He so loves and enjoys adding to his heavenly store that he is eagerly seizing […]
Treasures in heaven part 1…Matthew 6:19-24…Introduction Matthew 6:19-24 is the setting for these lessons: …19 “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.21 Wherever your treasure […]
Don’t Be Anxious, Lay Up Treasure in Heaven, Part 1 2nd June 2015 Scripture: Matthew 6:19-34 Topic: Moey Teaching about Money and Possessions 19 “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, […]
Don’t Be Anxious, Lay Up Treasure in Heaven, Part 2 March 9, 2003 by John Piper Scripture: Matthew 6:19-34 Topic: Money “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust […]