Dwight Moody was traveling by boat on one of the Great Lakes when a really bad storm developed. The passengers cowered in fear starting an impromptu prayer meeting for deliverance, which Moody didn’t join. When asked why not he said, “I have a sister in Chicago and one in heaven and I don’t care which […]
Joy In The Face of Uncertainty – Philippians 1:20
An inventor once said (and sometimes I think we should have listened to this fellow), Theoretically, television may be feasible, but I consider it an impossibility — a development which we should waste little time dreaming about. (Lee de Forest, 1926, inventor) The chairman of the board for IBM in 1943 said, I think there […]
Paul’s Assurance – Philippians 1:19
Kevin A. Pierpont Higgins Lake Baptist Church 7/18/04 “John Paton was a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands. One night hostile natives surrounded the mission station, intent on burning out the Patons and killing them. Paton and his wife prayed during that terror-filled night that God would deliver them. When daylight came they were amazed […]
Joy in the Midst of Difficulty – Part 2 – Philippians 1:15-18
Mike Yaconelli, in The Wittenburg Door shared this insight… The problem with the church today is not corruption. It is not institutionalism. No, the problem is far more serious than something like the minister running away with the organist. The problem is pettiness. Blatant pettiness. (Mike Yaconelli in The Wittenburg Door (Dec./Jan. 1985). Christianity Today, […]
Joy In the Midst of Difficulty – Philippians 1:12-14
In our study of Philippians we’ve been talking about how we can have true joy as followers of Jesus Christ. But when it comes to the times in our lives when we face troubles and trials how can we have joy then? How in the world are we to have joy in the midst of […]
The Joy of Praying – Philippians 1:9-11
A reader shared the following, which was published in the “Lite Fare” section of the Christian Reader. At our midweek prayer service, a member requested prayer for a neighbor woman who was having a difficult time and was feeling "just miserable." Volunteering to take the request, a man fervently prayed, "O God, bless this miserable […]