Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not … Continue reading Peace with God
Category: contentment
Perseverance
When our faith is tested by suffering 'as gold is tried in a furnace' and we depend with confidence on God and rely entirely on His help, we will be granted the most excellent gift of patience and through faith we may victoriously persevere to the end." - John Calvin
Contentment in the Wisdom of God
OPC has a good feature article by Alan Strange reprinted from New Horizons, January 2003. So, then, our problem is discontentment (Phil. 2:14-15). We are not happy with what is happening. We wish that something else were happening. We may wish for money or success or power. Or we may simply wish for heaven on earth … Continue reading Contentment in the Wisdom of God
Those Who Hunger & Thirst After Righteousness
God will fill the hungry because of those sweet relations he stands unto them—they are his children. We cannot deny our children when they are hungry. We will rather spare it from our own selves (Luke 11:13). When he who is born of God shall come and say, 'Father, I hunger, give me Christ! Father, … Continue reading Those Who Hunger & Thirst After Righteousness
Trusting God
Psalm 139:13-16 teaches us that we are who we are because God Himself created us the way we are—not because of an impersonal biological process. Notice in verse 13 that David says to God, “You knit me together in my mother’s womb.” He pictures God as a master weaver at work in our mother’s womb, … Continue reading Trusting God
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