Category Archives: Faith

Does the Rain Have a Father?

Posted on March 28, 2015 by wamplerp

Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?   Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?   Have you comprehended the vast … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Covenant, Death and Dying, Faith, Following God, God's Love for Us, Heaven, Job, religion, Sin, The Earthly Realm, The Nature of God, The Spiritual Realm, Trusting God | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

Out of the Storm

Posted on March 27, 2015 by wamplerp

Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:   “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?   Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.   “Where were you … Continue reading →

Posted in Covenant, Discernment, Faith, Following God, Genesis, God's Love for Us, Heaven, Job, Nature, Obedience, reconciliation, The Earthly Realm, The Nature of God | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Frozen

Posted on March 26, 2015 by wamplerp

At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place.   Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.   He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Community, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Covenant, Death and Dying, Discernment, Discipleship, Faith, Following God, Heaven, Job, Nature, Obedience, Redemption, religion, The Earthly Realm, The Nature of God, The Spiritual Realm | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Showers Fall on Mankind

Posted on March 25, 2015 by wamplerp

How great is God—beyond our understanding!  The number of his years is past finding out.He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams ;   the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Community, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Discernment, Discipleship, Faith, Following God, Heaven, Job, Obedience, The Earthly Realm, The Nature of God, The Spiritual Realm, Trusting God, Wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Clouds so High Above You

Posted on March 24, 2015 by wamplerp

Then Elihu said: “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’  Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?’  I would like to reply to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Community, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Covenant, Discernment, Discipleship, Faith, Following God, Forgiveness, Free Will, God's Love for Us, Job, Love for the Lost, Obedience, reconciliation, Redemption, religion, The Nature of God, Trusting God, Wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , , | 25 Comments

Furrows Wet with Tears

Posted on March 23, 2015 by wamplerp

And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.   They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.   Now that God has unstrung my bow and … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Community, Christianity, Conflict, Covenant, Death and Dying, Discipleship, Faith, Following God, Healing, Job, Obedience, Redemption, religion, The Nature of God, Wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dry Stream Beds

Posted on March 21, 2015 by wamplerp

But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.   Of what use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor had gone from them?   Haggard … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity, Discernment, Discipleship, Faith, Following God, God's Love for Us, Healing, Job, Life Together, Obedience, reconciliation, Redemption, religion, The Earthly Realm, The Nature of God, The Spiritual Realm, Trusting God | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Roots that Reach the Water

Posted on March 20, 2015 by wamplerp

I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.   My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.   My glory will not fade; … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conflict, Covenant, Discernment, Discipleship, Faith, Following God, Job, Obedience, religion, The Earthly Realm, The Spiritual Realm, Trusting God, Wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

A Decree for the Rain

Posted on March 19, 2015 by wamplerp

Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?   It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.   Destruction and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Covenant, Discernment, Faith, Following God, God's Love for Us, Job, Obedience, The Earthly Realm, The Nature of God, The Spiritual Realm, Trusting God, Wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Sources of the River

Posted on March 18, 2015 by wamplerp

There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.   Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.   Mortals put an end to the darkness; they search out the farthest recesses for ore … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Community, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Discernment, Faith, Following God, Job, wealth | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments