3 Steps To Becoming A Helpful Friend
August 31, 2020
Being a helpful friend is different than simply being a nice person. If you are on the side of the road in a broken-down car, would you rather someone drive by and shout, "I'm sorry that happened to you!" or pull over and help you fix it? Which one is helpful? Help is often the physical form of encouragement. To be helpful to one another, we must get into the habit of putting actions behind even our kindest words. James, in the Bible, put it this way: Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?” (James 2:15,16)
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There is an amazing exchange between two friends tucked into the Bible book of II Kings. Elisha, the prophet, and his ministering servant find themselves in a very bad situation. Israel’s enemy, the Arameans, have snuck up and surrounded their hometown of Dothan. The Arameans are led by Ben-hadad and he and his force intended to kill Elisha and the entire community.
August 28, 2020
“What is faith?” asked the writer of the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. Then he answered his own question, saying, “It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead” (Hebrews 11:1, LB). Two words express this reality. The first word, translated “confident assurance,” is a very positive expression; but it is the second word which gives us a picture which enlightens us.
August 27, 2020
Is it possible for you to believe in Jesus Christ as your Savior, but without getting too radical about it? Putting it another way: Are there different kinds of Christians? Can you be a Christian by degrees, believing some things but not really becoming a fanatic?
August 26, 2020
Bernadette Grey was the editor-in-chief of a women's magazine. Her work-related responsibilities kept her in contact with some of the world's most successful businesswomen. In one editorial she analyzed four factors which lead to success among her colleagues. She mentioned 1) optimism, 2) uniqueness, 3) a strong work ethic, and 4) fearlessness.
August 25, 2020
Jesus was meeting with the disciples in an upper room, behind doors which hid him from public scrutiny--at least for the moment. His words flowed from His heart. He said--probably quietly and with great confidence--"Stop letting your hearts be troubled!" Verbs in Greek convey a definite kind of action that they do not convey in English, and the one that Jesus used indicated that worry and concern had begun a long while before and was continuing. But He says, "Stop doing it."
August 24, 2020
As a boy growing up in China, William sang about the grace of God, but it was not until the cold reality of solitary confinement in prison sank in that William began to understand what grace really means. William’s mother was an American missionary who married a Chinese medical doctor, and they worked together in China, raising their family to know and follow God.
August 21, 2020
"Exciting" says Webster's dictionary, is "to call to activity; to rouse to an emotional response" or "to increase the activity" of something. There are certain words which are made to get down on all fours and walk, or should I say, crawl. They are so overworked by the media that they become trite, superficial, and really without much meaning at all.
August 20, 2020
Wherever you live in the world, each morning you wake up to bad news. Disease, disaster, death. The narratives are bleak, yet the followers of Jesus Christ, his disciples in the here and now, are people of the Gospel and the Gospel is good news. The Gospel is a story because God is a storyteller. We’ve got His story of good news in His book, the Bible.
August 19, 2020
We live in a broken, imperfect world, and one of the results is that bad things do happen to good people; but when we are confronted with that stark reality, almost always our hearts cry out, "Why, God? Why did this happen to me?"
August 18, 2020
One of the problems that confronts us in asking the question, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" is that our perspective is incomplete. We look at the set of circumstances which leads up to the unpleasant event which triggers the question, "Why?" It is almost like asking the outcome of a ball game when there are two important minutes on the clock, and until the game is over, you don't have the complete picture.
August 17, 2020
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