Have you ever reached the “end of your patience” with someone—maybe with your children or a sibling or a coworker? You had been extending patience for a long time, but you reach your end and just cannot extend any more? What happens when you reach the “end of your patience”? Do you know how much patience God is extending to us? SO MUCH! The Bible plainly…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 66)
It may seem strange (and even counterproductive) to us that after certain miracles Jesus told the individuals to keep the news to themselves and to “tell no one” (Matt. 8:4; 9:30; 12:15-16). Why would Jesus command such? Didn’t He want everyone to know about Him? Think about what did happen when “everyone” found out about Him. On the one hand, those who legitimately were trying…
What’s the first book of the New Testament? You can name it, almost as automatically as you can name your own children. But wait! Think about this for a moment. The first book of God’s marvelous New Testament, where He is bringing His eternal plan to fruition, was written by a man named Matthew. Do you know who this is? Matthew was…
The apostle Paul had been arrested, imprisoned and confined without cause for well over two years because he preached “the resurrection of the dead” (Act 23:6; 24:21; 28:20). When he finally stood on trial before King Agrippa, Paul asked the question to the king and the multitude that was gathered, “Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?”…
You control your perspective! Do you believe that? So often “bad things” happen in our lives and we think the worst, we fear the worst and we look for someone or something to blame. But, you control your perspective! Every single time! Recently, I was on the phone with one of our “older” members (you decide what you think that word “older” means). This older member was…
On Sunday, January 1, the 2023 theme for Palm Beach Lakes was introduced to the congregation, and it seems to have been received with excitement and readiness. The design is for the congregation to read through the New Testament together this year—a chapter a day. Sometimes it is good to read through the whole Bible in a year—taking about three chapters per…
There is a difference between right and wrong. The world, under the influence of the evil one, may try to convince you otherwise, but the God who made us defines right and wrong, and He puts within us the sense of right and wrong. Although children do not have “knowledge of good and evil” (Deut. 1:39), as they mature, they grow to both know…
When hearing someone share one side of some incident or situation, it can be so easy to be drawn into their version of things and believe that is the only way of seeing things. It is so very critical when listening to someone at a time like that to remind yourself of two things. First, there is a very good chance that YOU…