by plicon | May 6, 2020 | Mature Adult Class Blog
James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried*, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. There’s a children’s story where a little cork was swimming along on the wide ocean. A whale came and...
by plicon | Oct 30, 2019 | Mature Adult Class Blog
A valley is a place between two mountains. In the valley are calamity, grief, and all kinds of problems. Lions, bears, coyotes, and lots of dangerous beasts are there. The shepherd leads us through the valley but doesn’t want us to stay there. Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I...
by plicon | Oct 9, 2019 | Mature Adult Class Blog
Job was grieved and depressed that he lost his children, but he wasn’t hopeless. People feel hopeless in medical depression. Job 3:11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? Job’s first reaction to the grief was to...
by plicon | Jul 10, 2019 | Mature Adult Class Blog
Burdens can be health, mental or emotional problems, financial, for souls to be saved, loneliness, broken relationships, heart pain or grief, and many others. Our burdens are ours and we have to bear them. Galatians 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden. God...
by plicon | Apr 3, 2019 | Mature Adult Class Blog
When something is taken away or we’ve lost someone, we have to be careful to not let our grief turn into bitterness. We have to remember that God is in control of what happened and let him have his way. Hebrews 12:14-15 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without...
