Recently my pastor preached a sermon where he used the phrase which is the title of this article. The Christian life was never meant to be easy, though there are those who want to make it that way by advocating prosperity doctrine or name it-claim it teaching. Luke 9:23 Jesus ...

 Psalm 37:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. In this verse, a profound call to action resonates through the ages, urging those who love the LORD to despise evil. This command is ...

In the shadowed vale of suffering, he lay, “I can do all things,” he said, “through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:13). His weary heart, with faith in Jesus stayed, “Fear thou not; for I am with thee,” God decreed (Isaiah 41:10). The storm of pain would rise, relentless, wild, ...