“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.” (James 1:2) Yes, we will be tested! I read once that we’re either in a trial, coming out of one or going into one. It’s hard but we need to be tested. Jesus was…
Tag: training
The Team – Fourth Quater
“If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;” (Isaiah 1:19) We’ve been looking at aspects of a sports team compared to our church team. You can see the first two articles on my blog at https://roadrevelations.org. This week we’ll look at the coach. A…
Teach, Train, Test, Try
As a former teacher and coach, I “see” a lot of spiritual things with an athletic comparison. In our Christian lives, we too have to go through teaching and training to achieve what God has planned for us, and it’s usually hard. We may go from glory to glory, (2…
Work In Progress
“For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.” (Philippians 2:13 NLT). Whether you know it or not, we as Christians, are works in progress. When we got saved and asked Jesus into our hearts, we were filled with the Holy…
I’ve Been Down That Road Before
I think many of us have heard this phrase before and probably have expressed it to someone. It usually has a negative connotation about something we’ve done or experienced that we don’t want to repeat. But let’s look at it in a different way. I get a lot of revelations…