It started with at Tweet. Someone sent me a tweet on Twitter asking “What do you do when your prayers aren’t answered?” I knew I needed more that 140 characters, so I started writing an email. That soon had to be a booklet. I wrote the booklet and gave it to my wife to read and she came back with, “You’ve got to teach people how to hope.” So I prayed, studied, considered our life, and wrote a new booklet. [...] Read more »
How to Overcome Habitual Sin
How to Overcome Habitual Sin a message by Trevor Lund When we struggle with habitual sin, we need to know what battle we’re in to be fully victorious. Christ has won the battle, we need to know how to overcome. We could be living under the law as Paul described in Romans 7. We may be trying to put to death our flesh, but Romans 6 continually tells us we’re already dead to it. So what are we to do? [...] Read more »
What Does God Promise When I Obey?
What are the promises when I obey God? I’ve never preached on this portion of Scripture except when I’ve shared this message. It’s a powerful one to consider. Deuteronomy 28:1-13 (NLT) “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world. You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God: Your [...] Read more »
Does God Want Us to Have Wealth?
Does God want us to have wealth? We can’t start this discussion without remembering that if we live in Canada or the US, we’re in the top 2% of the world’s wealthiest people. Don’t think that because you don’t have a million dollars you aren’t wealthy. Not a lot of people in the world have a million dollars. What falls out of your pockets in a month is more than many people earn in a month. If you find a [...] Read more »
How I Can Seek the Lord – 7 ways
How can I seek the Lord? If you’re like me, you might think “seeking the Lord” simply means to “pray longer, pray louder and probably fast”. While Scripture does mention prayer and fasting with the right attitude, it also includes other, possibly surprising ways. 7 Ways to Seek the Lord 1. Call upon God and pray to him Jeremiah 29:12-14a (New International Version) Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. [...] Read more »
Why Seek the Lord – 7 reasons
Why should I seek the Lord? Well, besides the promise that those who seek the Lord will lack no good thing (Psalm 34:10), there are a number of other benefits to following God’s command to seek Him (Hosea 10:12). Much like fearing the Lord, seeking the Lord is of great benefit for us; and like fearing the Lord, we shouldn’t seek the Lord just to get the benefits. Knowing the benefits can motivate us, keep us focused and help us [...] Read more »
I Need to Make Use of What I’ve Got
Have you ever noticed how many times in the Bible people were told to look at what they had? Here’s a few that immediately come to my mind: The widow with oil The boy with the fish and bread David and Ahimelch OK, the last one’s a stretch, but the other two make great sermons. So What Do I Have On Hand? This week as I was setting up HopeInTransition.com in preparation of releasing the advanced copies of the book, [...] Read more »
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