Difficulties-Problems or Opportunities

-

       Count your troubles as joys, for they give you an opportunity to preach Christ crucified.  An 

example of this is found in Acts 5:40-42: "And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the 

apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of  Jesus, and let 

them go.  So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were worthy to suffer 

shame for His name.  And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and 

preaching Jesus as the Christ.  Being beaten was the apostles' troubles; we find it caused them to not 

cease preaching Christ as their opportunity.

           In Acts 16:25-34, it tells how Paul and Silas were in jail (that is their trouble), and they praised 

God, and were released.  In the long run, they saved the jailor as well as the jailor's whole household,

which was their opportunity to save souls through their trouble.

          Then again in Acts 21:26-22:21 it tells of the arrest of Paul (Problem of  Paul)  and how he 

teaches Christ to them (Paul's Opportunity).  So we can truly see how our troubles can be turned into

our opportunities!

Paul D. Eccles

 

      

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Who Can We Trust?

-
Image
                                                                                        Who can you trust? Can you put your trust in Money?  What about sports?  Maybe you think you can put your trust in Music?  Then what about trusting the television?  I know you think you can put your trust in the "In crowd", right?   The problem is that when you put your trust in these things, you may be and probably are putting your trust in tools of the Devil. In II Chronicles 32:10, we find that the king of Assyria is taunting the king of Jerusalem when he poses this question.  The question He poses in fact is "What do you trust?"  So the question I put before you now is, do you put your trust in God or Satan?  If you lay it in anything o...
Read more

Chapter 8:A New Familiar

-
Image
            On the next day, Prince Michael, found himself questioning how he would ever come upon a  familiar.  So, he went to ask his parents how he might find one.  He went as far as to tell them of the  oath he had made to the Troubled Youth.  Both of his parents thought he had acted foolishly, but helped  him nonetheless.  Lord Baltimore assured him, "that there are few who become familiars due to  committing a crime."         His Mother then stated, "Most familiars come to be through a deep spiritual bond, often being  shown through active meditation, spells, and focused intentions.  Now in your case I would find out if the Troubled Youth had made a spiritual bond with any animal.  If not had they seen one while asleep or in a deep trance.  If they do, find an animal fitting it's description and cast a spell on it."        Michael turned to Iv...
Read more

Chapter 1 How Michael Bloodstone Becomes A Witch

-
Image
           Michael Bloodstone is twelve years old and has just been in Trump Junior High for two  days.  When he got off the bus one day, the bus hit him in the head, throwing him three feet in the  air, and straight into the window of the bus.  His familiar was frightened as she saw blood go  everywhere, and Michael had somehow, or other, gained magical powers, halting time to almost a  stop. Yet his familiar (IVORY) was able to sprint three blocks to the Bloodstone home, where Michael  lived.  It was there that she was greeted by the Bloodstones, who were shocked at her not taking the  form of a dog.         So Ivory quickly explains her form and what had happened to Michael.  After the explanation is  given, the three of them magically appear on the scene in Michael's Grandfather's magical jeep. Once there they remove Michael's body as they open up another portal, sending him to a...
Read more