Joshua 7:7 New International Version 7 And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! Have...

John 8:47 New International Version 47 Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” Jesus said that the key to being able to hear God's voice is first to be one of His children. One of the great mysteries of...

Genesis 15:14 New International Version 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. Whenever God brings you through a time of great adversity, you can expect to come out of that experience with great...

Luke 9:24 New International Version 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. When the time came for God to fulfill Joseph's dreams, Joseph himself had virtually no interest at all in it. God wants to teach...

Psalm 37:6 New International Version 6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,     your vindication like the noonday sun.   As a believer grows in trusting obedience and love, God often brings a test that seems uncharacteristically cruel. The...

Whenever God brings you through a time of great adversity, you can expect to come out of that experience with great possessions, if you have been faithful through the trial. This is a universal truth. Wisdom comes from obedience, not knowledge. When we have been...