Tag Archives: Suffering

How Grown Up Are You?

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Marji "Mike" Kruger

Do you want to become a Christian with a mature faith? What does mature faith look like? The Bible gives us many examples of characteristics of a mature Christian. Here are just a few. A Mature Christian and The Word … Continue reading →

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Posted in Bible, Devotions, Encouragement, Faith, Jesus, Spiritual Growth | Tagged applying the Bible, Character, Christian Characteristics, Christian faith, Compassion, confession, confession of Sin, Encouragement, Faith, forgiving others, God's Word, harmony, helping others, honor, love, merciful, Prayer, Reading the Bible, respect, spreading the Gospel, Suffering, Time Management, trusting God, Understanding the Bible, worship | 2 Comments

Those who wait. . .

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Marji "Mike" Kruger

Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up {with} wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary. (NAS) Isaiah 40:31 Except for the Garden … Continue reading →

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Posted in Bible, Devotions | Tagged Comfort, confidence, Eagles, expectation, Garden of Eden, God's promises, Hope, patience, purpose, strength, Suffering, tired, Trials, troubles, trusting God, Waiting, Weary | Leave a comment

Poverty

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Marji "Mike" Kruger

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. (NIV) James 1:27 Nearly 60% of the people in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Africa | Tagged brokenhearted, captives, difficulties, fatherless, food, freedom, happiness, hunger, hungry, Orphans, poor, Poverty, prisoners, sharing, shelter, Suffering, Trials, widows | Leave a comment

New Covenant

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Marji "Mike" Kruger

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. (NIV) Hebrews 2:9 In … Continue reading →

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Posted in Bible, Devotions, Jesus | Tagged atonement, Covenant, glory, grace of God, honor, Jesus death, Obedience, Reconciliation, sacrifice, Suffering | Leave a comment

Handling the Heat

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Marji "Mike" Kruger

Does not the Word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yes, is it not an asbestos armor, against which the heat has no power? Let the affliction come–God has chosen me. Poverty, thou mayest stride … Continue reading →

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