(Truth in the Last Days — Post 7) “In a world longing for escape, Christ prayed that His people would be kept. Tribulation is not wrath, and the Church’s endurance is her testimony of victory.” Why Jesus Prayed We Would Stay “I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that…
Series — Refined by Fire: Walking Through Suffering with Christ — Post 9 Why the Furnace Is God’s Workshop “But He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”— Job 23:10 The Furnace of Affliction Is Not an Accident The trial you’re in didn’t surprise God. It’s not a…
Series — Refined by Fire: Walking Through Suffering with Christ — Post 6 When we think of worship, we often picture raised hands in a church service, or sweet music flowing through peaceful moments. But Scripture gives us a deeper, more powerful image: worship rising from a dungeon. The Midnight Hour In Acts 16, Paul and Silas had…
When God Brings Beauty from Brokenness Series — Refined by Fire: Walking Through Suffering with Christ — Post 5 He Restores What the Fire Consumes There are times in every believer’s life when the pain feels total — when the loss is so deep, the devastation so real, that nothing looks redeemable. Hopes are burned…
Series — Refined by Fire: Walking Through Suffering with Christ — Post 2 “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.”— Philippians 3:10 Introduction There is a kind of knowing that only comes through suffering. Paul did not seek suffering…
Series — Refined by Fire: Walking Through Suffering with Christ — Post 1 “He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.” — Psalm 107:29“But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” — Job 23:10 Introduction Some storms pass quickly….
(Job 26–27 | Chapter XX of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go…” —Job 27:6 (KJV) Main Article: After Bildad’s cold words, Job speaks again—and this time, something has changed. His voice is clearer.His tone is firmer.His spirit is rising. Job 26 — The Majesty…
(Job 23–24 | Chapter XVIII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Oh that I knew where I might find him…” —Job 23:3 (KJV) Job is not arguing anymore.He is searching. “Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.” (23:2) He wants to find God—not to accuse Him, but to…
(Job 19 | Chapter XIV of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “For I know that my redeemer liveth…” —Job 19:25 (KJV) Job is crushed—but not silent. Chapter 19 is a sacred echo through the centuries. From the ashes of grief, Job raises a cry that still shakes the soul: “I know that my redeemer…
(Job 16–17 | Chapter XII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him…” —Job 13:15 (KJV, echoing the tone of Job 16–17) Job opens with words that should humble every would-be comforter: “Miserable comforters are ye all.” (16:2) He’s no longer hoping his friends will help.He…