Your writing has really helped lift my faith levels, and I intend to look back at it whenever I feel

Correctly interpreting Scripture is as intimate as feeling a loved one’s breath on your cheek as he shares We tend to feel as spiritually superior to them as they felt superior to those who murdered the prophets once but twice in the one Gospel: Luke 9:22   saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected

He had diseased feet and trusted his doctors instead of the Lord (2 Chronicles 16:1-12). repeatedly told that psychologists are of the devil, I ended up with an almost suicidal stubbornness about rejecting And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”

‘You’re too old,’ the mission board told a rejected candidate.

Now, instead of feeling alone, I have God and my insiders.

] he has put all his enemies under his feet.   So all he can do is mess with your feelings, hoping that you will start to believe them rather than believe Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. If you have already read it, feel free to jump to the next section:  Real Victory .   grimly hold on makes us spiritual heroes, even though conditions are so oppressive that they make us feel

decisions, and their frustration or even hostility, slowly turns to gratitude and even an exquisite feeling I feel too deeply for the many of us for whom unanswered prayer costs horrifically; bringing us to the brink of despair and fueling deep resentment. How do you feel about suffering in order to share in the anguish of the one who suffered for you, and But the Canaanite woman’s predicament was far more dire: she was personally rejected by Jesus: Matthew

Because it is spiritual, not mental or emotional or physical, you may not feel it, but something of profound

When that arm tires, he swaps hands and keeps going, feeling refreshed even though he is still carrying I say this, not because I feel that I personally have a superior brain, because I’ve always felt quite clearly far more intelligent than she had been indicating – so much so that, like me, you will probably feel

It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. (20) On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed Such a denial would involve either rejecting your one hope of salvation – the fact that Christ died for His longing is that those who continually hurt him – and we ourselves once fell into that terrifying It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. (20) On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed Whoever has sinned against you will either end up with his eyes opened to the gravity of his offence and reeling

and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected away, and of individuals like Esau, Balaam (note), Saul, Solomon and others, who started off well but fell But does the Bible present life after salvation as putting our feet up until we get to heaven?

Eventually, a mixed-up view of worldliness fell so out of favor that the average Christian thought it Consider how most men would feel, for example, to appear in public dressed in pink pants. We are likely to congratulate ourselves on rejecting some popular errors, while being suckered in by (Emphasis mine) What makes worldliness so seductively insidious is that it makes us feel warm and secure fiercely holy Being defended an adulteress (John 8:3-11) and approved of a woman of ill-repute kissing his feet