Earlier this week I wrote a post on Self-pity and self-salvation and Psalm 25. I concluded the post with a reference to a sermon on Psalm 25 by James McDonald. Well, the video came available on-line this week. If you’ve walked through a recent trial or difficult season where you’re having difficulty understanding how God is moving in your life, you must listen to this sermon. And if you haven’t walked through a season like this, you would still do well to give a listen; you never know what God may be preparing your for.
Posts Tagged: Affliction
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Apr 11
Self-Pity: A way that seems right…
I want to write on some passages that have been the power of God for me in the midst of trial in the past weeks. As I’ve walked through this many battles with my flesh have risen. Contrary to what I had assumed, trial actually increases my desire to give into my flesh. In His wisdom, this is part of God’s design for suffering: like a furnace it burns and reveals impurities in the temptations that come in its midst (James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 4:12-13) and he has armed us to endure it (2 Peter 4:1-2; 1 Cor 10:13-14).
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Apr 11
Some Clarity…
Amber and I had our appointment this morning with the MS specialist. The appointment went well. As we suspected, we learned a little bit and gained some clarity regarding my condition but we still do not have a firm diagnosis. The doctor showed me my MRI scans for the first time so I actually got to see the lesion in my brain. I’m not certain why but in some way it was really helpful to actually see a picture of it.
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Apr 11
Falling Into a Greater Love…
As I lay in bed wide awake after only about three hours of sleep tonight I began to talk with God. Nights have become a frustrating time for me. Tonight, as I was praying, my frustrations threatened to overtake me. I began to feel like this ordeal was meant to punish me in some way rather than serve to purify me and Glorify God and show him as worthy above all things. I began to plead with God that he would turn from bringing this affliction on me. I prayed and prayed for sleepiness to return to my body. I only became more alert. Disheartened I felt the Lord calling me out of bed to be with Him. So I rose and here I am.