by Skyla Soles | Jul 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
I was reading in Isaiah 44-48 this morning, and noticed how many times God was saying that He had told Israel from a long time ago what was going to happen to them now because He knew that they’d be worshipping idols, and He wanted them to know for sure that...
by Skyla Soles | Jul 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
In 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Paul talks about a persistent problem he had and God’s grace that was sufficient to help him with it. There is a lot of speculation about what Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” was. Some think it could have been a physical...
by Skyla Soles | Jul 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
I noticed something I had written a while back, True Accomplishments, and thought of something else that has to do with true accomplishments: Paul had a lot of personal accomplishments, but they didn’t mean anything to him in light of God’s Gospel and...
by Skyla Soles | Jul 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sometimes sin is broken into these two categories: missing the mark and trespassing. Or, failing to live up to the standard and purposefully doing what you know you shouldn’t. God has a standard for our behavior, and when we’re not purposefully doing the...
by Skyla Soles | Jul 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
I spent Sunday School at a different church yesterday, and we talked about struggling when we don’t know what’s going to happen. Sometimes we have difficulties and pains in our lives, and while we know God is good, we don’t always know why God lets...
by Skyla Soles | Jul 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
King Ahab had been doing just about everything possible to anger God (1 Kings 16:29-33), and because of this God told Ahab through Elijah that it wouldn’t rain for years until God said so (1 Kings 17:1). God then told Elijah to go somewhere else (presumably to...