Quiet Faithfulness

Offer bargains to God

https://odb.org/2024/03/13/cries-of-distress Have we ever offered bargains to God when faced with desperate and distressing situations like a depressing medical diagnosis, a financial quagmire, a bleak or uncertain future, or the loss of someone close? We may want to say if you heal me, O Lord, I will do this and do that for you. Jesus,Continue reading “Offer bargains to God”

Christ dwelling in us

https://odb.org/2024/03/04/he-dwells-within When we accept Jesus into our lives, He comes and stays within us. He dwells in our lives. That is why Paul describes our bodies as a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19), and thus, even though our earthen vessels are in a fallen state and we age, get weaker and decayContinue reading “Christ dwelling in us”

https://odb.org/2024/01/04/the-quiet-breakfast-guy Work hard, mind your own business, and live out your faith as we wait for Christ to come again. That is the theme of Paul’s message to the Thessalonians. He backed it up with his own life example; he himself worked hard night and day so as to preach to them without burdening theContinue reading “Quiet faithfulness”