In part 1 we looked at Psalm 25:3 which promises that, “Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.” What an amazing positive promise to the those who wait for the Lord and also a warning to those who don’t wait on him (i.e…. read more
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It doesn’t take very impressive powers of observation to know that America is an ever increasing “need it now” culture. Amazon has been leading the way for years on faster and faster delivery. 2-day delivery wasn’t fast enough, so they sped up to 1-day delivery and then to same day delivery. Now, it seems that… read more
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Do you remember having homework out of textbooks where many of the answers were in the back of the book, so you could look up the answers and know right away whether or not you got the correct answer? And then of course, if you got the wrong answer, you would go back and change… read more
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Unless you’re doing premarital counseling, counselees are mainly coming in with some kind of problem or suffering. In general, that means that there is something very tangible that the counselee wants to change. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they want to change, but they definitely want something to change. For example, when a couple comes… read more
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Have you ever stopped to think about why you sin the way you do? Maybe that’s an odd question. But let me ask it this way: Why do some people get hooked on video games while others get hooked on working and making money? Or why is it that some people always love to give… read more
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