How Do you Profit from Suffering

“If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.” - 2 Timothy 2:12 If suffering is not desirable, does that also mean it cannot be profitable? Does the pain have no purpose or meaning? Since “God causes all things to work together for good” (Romans 8:28), suffering...

Being a Servant

“Come to Me. All you who are weary and hardened and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For My yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28 – 30 The word gentle appears as...

Love Of A Mother

When it comes to anything good for a child, every mother knows best. In Matthew 20:20-23, “Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. ‘Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.’...

Rest

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Mt. 11:28). How would the greatest King be impoverished, and his treasures banish, if all, that are needy and miserable, had encouragement to apply freely to him, with a promise of relief, fully answerable to their want and...