In his spiritual maturity the apostle Peter lights the way for Jesus followers living in perilous times. As the light of the world we’re going to experience suffering as our lives collide with the darkness. Words and even wounds are the pains along our pathway. In the days of his ignorance Peter thought of fieryContinue reading “A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 4: Sarah’s Submission”
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A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 3: The Centurion at the Cross
We are strangers passing through this world. We have a different mindset than the world. It’s a pilgrim mindset with its destination being the city whose builder and maker is God. We have different goals. We have different passions. Everything is different because we’re following a different Leader. So we’re going to come into conflictContinue reading “A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 3: The Centurion at the Cross”
A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 2: The Thief on the Cross
Our submission to God in our fiery trials opens up a day of God’s visitation to the difficult people who instigate our trying circumstances. Peter, no stranger to suffering himself, assures us that our sufferings and afflictions as Christians will result in a revealing of the Lord Jesus to others. Peter takes us into theContinue reading “A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 2: The Thief on the Cross”
A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 1
One of my heroes of the faith is Corrie Ten Boom. In World War II Nazi occupied Holland her family hid Jews in their home, but eventually got caught. Corrie and her sister ended up together in a German concentration camp. One of my favorite analogies of hers was an embroidery she carried around. ItsContinue reading “A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 1”