There’s a standard reply to what to do when you’re at the end of your rope: “Tie a knot and hang on.” How is that practical or possible? What happens when you’ve tried to do that and your grip has slipped and you’ve plummeted further into the darkness than you even feared at first? It may have felt like the end would never come, but the sudden stop and pain it brought was more than you could have ever imagined [...] Read more »
Hope Research – Scripture References
Research on hope needs to start with Scripture. This is not a definitive list of what the Bible says about hope. However, they are verses I needed to follow up on as I wrote Hope In Transition. Many of these are tweetable. All of them should be viewed in context. There are amazing nuggets of truth available for people who seek out wisdom. Be encouraged by them. I explain more about most of them in the book. But you don’t [...] Read more »
From Milk To Meat
From Milk To Meat a message by Trevor Lund When we take a look at what the writer of the book of Hebrews calls “milk”, it’s easy to see why there is so much spiritual immaturity in the western church. We focus on the milk and rarely move the meat. This message goes through the basics, but also gives clues for how to mature.Immediately download the MP3 to listen to on any device. Buy Now Available from Expectancy Press. About [...] Read more »
Is Your But Big Enough?
I’m concluding my series on “How Big Is Your But?” “But” is a little word that excuses so much worry, fear and disobedience in our lives. Twenty one of the Lord’s 125 commands to his disciples were about not fearing. He didn’t want His followers to worry. When God tells you to do something you’d rather put off or not do I want you to remember: Is it bigger than you can do on your own? Good. Is it bigger [...] Read more »
5 Steps to be Thankful
We’re coming to the close of our series on “How Big is Your But?” Yes, don’t worry I’ve already made it into a booklet and it can be available on Expectancy Press if you let me know you’d like it. We’ve discussed how that little word “but” can excuse us from worrying, fearing, and disobeying. We saw it in the account of the children of Israel responding to the report the spies brought of the promised land. We see it [...] Read more »
What Kind of Prayer Helps to Stop Worry?
In our series on “How Big Is Your But” we’ve gone through the problems with worry, fear and disobedience. I hope you realize that it’s a process we move through, so if we can stop the worry we can head off the fear and the ultimate disobedience. We’re onto the the solutions for how we can stop worry. We’ve discussed Agreeing that God Cares for You and to Pray About Everything. We need to take a closer look at what [...] Read more »
How to Carry A Light Load
How to Carry a Light Load a message by Trevor Lund If you’ve read the gospels you may have come across Jesus’ statement that His yoke is easy and His burden is light. People often ask “What does that mean and how can I have it?” This message has some clues for us. By Trevor Lund. Immediately download the MP3 to listen to on any device. Buy Now Immediately download the MP3 from Expectancy Press. About the Speaker: Trevor Lund [...] Read more »
How Can We Stop Worry? Step Two – Pray About Everything
In this series on “How Big Is Your But?” we’ve gone through the problem with worry, fear and disobedience that can come from that little word – “but”. We’ve started to look at how we can overcome worry, which is the first step in stopping fear which leads to disobedience. Last time I wrote about Agree God Cares. Today we look at our active part – choosing to pray about everything. 2. Pray About Everything Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT) Don’t worry [...] Read more »
How Can We Stop Worry? Step One – Agree God Cares
In this series titled “How Big is Your But?” I’ve spent a lot of time discussing the problem and trying to get us to think about the excuses we may not even realize we’ve rationalized. It’s about time I get onto giving you the practical spirituality for this thing called life. You can stop worrying and being afraid. Jesus wasn’t worried with the weather, the people, the miracles that had to happen…He walked in peace and that peace is yours. [...] Read more »
Three Lies We Often Use to Excuse Disobedience
In our last post in this series of “How Big Is Your But?” I wrote about if we really have any options but to obey God. Of course it’s our choice to disobey, but often we excuse it to the point of not even acknowledging that we are not doing what He’s told us to do or doing what He’s told us not to do. Here are three lies I first saw on Perry Noble’s blog. They are worth repeating [...] Read more »
How God Heals
How God Heals a message by Trevor Lund How God Heals So many times we wonder if it’s God’s will to heal. Let’s take a look at what the Bible says about that. There are also questions why healing doesn’t come. While “I don’t know” can lead to encouragement, there are other Biblical answers that can also increase expectancy. Could one of the reasons people don’t get healed be we expect God to heal the same way He’s done in [...] Read more »
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