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51 Promises–One for Each Kind of Anxiety
God’s promises don’t always guarantee that the thing you fear won’t happen. They guarantee something better: whatever happens, God will remain everything he has promised to be, and nothing can prevent him from accomplishing everything he has promised to do.
Use the list below as a reference. Glance through the headings and find the kind of anxiety you feel in the moment, then lean on the promise tailored for that anxiety.
Fake Scripture or Forgotten Classic? Rethinking 1 Enoch
I expected an obscure, tedious, hard to follow, ancient-sounding text. But it’s really an intriguing story, well-written, full of vivid imagery, cosmic drama, and theological depth.
Finding Joy in Trials: How to Embrace Suffering for Christ’s Sake
You can tell if faith is real by whether suffering makes you run toward God or away from him.
12 Bible Verses about Peace: Finding Comfort in God’s Word
Being a source of peace for us is so central to the nature of God, that he calls himself the God of peace. And not just once. five different places in the New Testament (Romans 15:33; 16:20; Philippians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 13:20). In 2 Thessalonians 3:16 he is the Lord of peace. And Jesus is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6).
How to Jump Start Your Spiritual Growth – 2 Peter 1:9a
If you went to your pastor or a Christian counselor and said, “I haven’t been growing spiritually. I’ve stalled out in my spiritual progress”—what do you think he would say? Most likely, he’d give you some combination of Scripture, prayer, and fellowship. More Bible, more prayer, more church (relationships, accountability, etc.). That’s the answer we always give. But what’s Peter’s answer? Instead of just saying, “More Bible, more prayer, more fellowship,” Peter points us to two things I never would have thought of.
What Is the Bible’s GREATEST Promise?
“Just trust God” … Here’s why it feels like a platitude: because it is a platitude—unless you complete the sentence. Trust God … to do what? To make your troubles go away? To make life easy? To do your will? These are important questions because trusting God to do something he hasn’t promised will bring disappointment and even worse anxiety. The only path to peace is trusting God to do what he has promised.