Praising God despite our trials

https://odb.org/2024/11/25/being-thankful-despite-trials Psalm 100 – 1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter hisContinue reading “Praising God despite our trials”

Crown of life

https://odb.org/2023/12/29/keep-running-2 A recurring theme in these pages is that of perseverance, something common in the New Testament letters of the Apostles. This is because during the 1st century era, just after the death and resurrection of Christ, believers of the Way were under tremendous persecution. In the early days, it was mostly economic persecution, andContinue reading “Crown of life”

Perseverance triumph trials and tribulations

https://odb.org/2023/12/13/overcoming The story of Anne Sullivan, the subject matter of today’s ODB, bears similarities to Joseph son of Jacob of the Bible. Despite one misfortune after another, they prevailed in the end. In the case of Anne, she developed a method to teach deaf and blind people how to read, especially Helen Keller, a well-knownContinue reading “Perseverance triumph trials and tribulations”