by Bill Elliff
November 01, 2023
It is a beautiful blessing to get wise, caring counsel. It’s particularly helpful when you’re in real trouble. A word spoken in the right way at the right time to a suffering friend is like a cup of cold water in the desert.
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by Bill Elliff
October 26, 2023
If we embrace the wrong theology (“suffering is always caused by our sin or a lack of faith"), it leads to all kinds of false conclusions.
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by Bill Elliff
October 25, 2023
It's hard to read the book of Job. Hard to understand God allowing Satan a temporary injunction to afflict this godly man so terribly. But God is proving something in this experience. He is answering questions that we all must have answered and giving us the ultimate hope.
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by Bill Elliff
October 23, 2023
God is a speaking God, as Tozer says. He has spoken, and the written Word is a record of His voice. But before the Word was written, He spoke, and since the Word has been written, He continues to speak. In fact, His Spirit enlivens the written Word, speaking it to our hearts. Without this active communication, we would not be able to understand a single written word.
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by Bill Elliff
October 19, 2023
We are never on better praying grounds than when our prayers are for His glory … when we ask for things that will show the world who He is.
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by Bill Elliff
October 17, 2023
What do I love more than I love Christ? Regardless of what He says and how He warns, what love am I unwilling to forsake? It is a recipe for disaster, not only for me but those around me and it could have ramifications for years.
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by Bill Elliff
October 16, 2023
It’s hard to trust the Lord in the middle of a journey. When the destination is not yet reached and obstacles abound, our willingness to follow God wherever He leads is only accomplished by faith.
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by Bill Elliff
October 12, 2023
We are called in Scripture to “pray for the peace of Jerusalem” in Psalm 122. Wise are the people and nations who do so and blessed are those who cooperate with God’s intent and promises. Not only should we support Israel right now in this current conflict on the basis of morality, justice, and freedom, but we should support them on spiritual and Biblical grounds.
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by Bill Elliff
October 11, 2023
Our families have to be led. Our children will wander without good leadership. Those around us over whom God has given us some responsibility must have a leader, or they will not push forward and take the land that is promised to them.
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by Bill Elliff
October 10, 2023
To have Him and His presence is to have it all, for everything flows from the presence of the Lord. Everything. Jesus would later say to a distracted, worried Martha who was angry that her sister was “sitting at the Lord’s feet, listening to His words,” a similar thought.
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by Bill Elliff
October 09, 2023
Anyone can start a hard job, but few finish. Satisfied with a bit of progress, we often stop short of completion. History is filled with jobs half-done, but blessed are those who endure even in face of opposition and hardship.
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by Bill Elliff
October 06, 2023
Where is the Lord taking you? He has no need to divert around a problem, a difficulty, or a circumstance. If you are with Him and He with you, He can part waters and take you across on dry ground. Get into a position to hear Him and follow Him explicitly. He will lead you, and the world will be amazed.
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