April 20, 2016 by LBC Leadership | Category: LBC Blog | Tags: joy, suffering, trials, testing of faith
"My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory." (James 2:1 ESV) Today is Tuesday. I woke up this morning at about 4:30 am with a pounding headache to the point of nausea. I took some Tylenol and moved to the couch and fell asleep there for a little while and then re-joined my wife in bed. I woke up late and tired becaus...
Keep ReadingDecember 3, 2015 by LBC Leadership | Category: Midweek Meditation | Tags: 'Is it worth it?", suffering, life
"For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh. The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away." (Psalm 90:9-10 ESV) Every time I hear "I'm living the dream" I have the same thought "Really this is the dream?" The fact is that most...
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