Get ready to start a journey…a journey through the pages of the Bible and the pages of your life.
Sometimes we can feel it coming on like a person who loses their footing on a steep climb, we can sense our emotions slipping. The waves of anxiety build until they crash into our hearts and drench our souls. Here it comes, the fear of uncertainty.
Sometimes, we experience an earthquake of the soul. Our world is shaken. Our hearts are confused. A teenager takes their life. A young person struggles with cancer. A person in great physical shape dies suddenly of a heart attack. A child goes the way of a prodigal. A spouse moves out. These things, and many more, rock our world. But when these inevitable times occur, we can stand strong. Really? That’s what the psalmist reminds us in Psalm 46.
Today’s psalm gives us three truths we can drive like stakes into the ground to keep us steady. Let’s read the passage and consider each promise.
Do you desire to be a godly mom or dad and just need some scriptural guidance to help you along the way?
Today we talk with both of Tunch’s sons, Tanner and Clay. Women shouldn’t count themselves out for this conversation. In our first airing of these episodes over ten years ago, many of our responses came from women who listened and shared with their husbands.
In the English language, “hope” is a fuzzy word. It describes a wish or desire that something will happen or turn out a certain way. We might hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow, but tomorrow brings a downpour. In our language, hope has no guarantees.
Children are a gift from God. Sometimes we doubt that. Especially when parenting isn’t going the way we thought it would.
God is in complete control of all things. His sovereignty is not delegated or shared. He is intimately involved in the day-to-day affairs of your life. David says it this way in our passage today.
They are the people we work with. They are friends and family. Many are living lives of quiet desperation, hiding a secret from the world. Some have come out of the closet. All are people whom God loves.
Ever feel like you don’t measure up? Ever seem like life’s assignment is beyond your skill level? Convinced that you don’t have what it takes? Don’t feel alone. The line of inadequacy stretches around the block, but you don’t have to stand stuck in the long line. Step out and find where these emotions can be addressed.
The fear of uncertainty causes us to run . . . fast. We run to where we think will bring comfort. We run to where the pain can be dulled, at least for a while. These are unhealthy places that deliver short-lived satisfaction and false hope.
God finds me in the darkness, the place where fear of the unknown resides, but he doesn’t leave me there. He is my personal light, revealing the sin of my heart, showing my desperate need, and illuminating the right path to take.
Marriage is a package deal. The Bible details the three key ingredients of that package and why they cannot be successfully separated.
“Fear” and “friendship.” Those words normally don’t go together. How can the “friendship of the Lord” be for those who “fear him”? Doesn’t fear cause us to run away? Isn’t friendship for those who hang close?
How do the children of divorce process the confusing and conflicting emotions that tear at their hearts? What can you say to them that will restore a lost relationship and keep them close to God?
Some people like to trust the tangible—things they can see and touch, such as a strong showing of the Dow, a large and equipped military, a secure retirement, or their party running the government. Some trust in well-built, fortified chariots pulled by strong, speedy horses.
Any way you slice it, divorce is painful. It cuts deeply into both partners and even deeper into their children.
A special legacy series featuring Ron Moore and Tunch Ilkin where they get real about the impact dads have in our lives. Each podcast in this five-part series is introduced by one of Tunch’s children. Today we talk with Tunch’s daughter, Natalie.