by sdbarnard | Feb 24, 2017 | Devotional |
By Shawna Barnard Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? ~ Ecclesiastes 7:13 In the opening paragraph of of his book, Crook in the Lot: A Puritan understanding of that thorn in your side, Thomas Boston writes: A just view...
by sdbarnard | Feb 17, 2017 | Devotional |
Beloved, When life is troubling where do you look? If you are experiencing a great loss or intense suffering where must your gaze center? If you could go to one of two meetings, Group A that seeks to zero in on God, or Group B which seems to highlight your...
by sdbarnard | Feb 10, 2017 | Devotional |
A Changing of Gods Beloved, When you are captured by an idol, what has happened? In asking that question, I want to speak to the root of idolatry, not merely the effects. It is true that idolatry has the effects of… 1. Enslavement. When one bows down to any...
by sdbarnard | Feb 3, 2017 | Devotional |
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame because God’s love had been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has...
by sdbarnard | Jan 27, 2017 | Devotional |
Psalm 90:15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil. How does that verse strike you (pun not intended)? What is your response? As a counselor, perhaps no question is more vexing than that of evil or...
by sdbarnard | Jan 20, 2017 | Devotional |
Rod and Staff Ministries is passionate about equipping the churches to counsel by equipping the saints with the hope giving, joy producing, God honoring, living Word. We want to help you become ACBC certified and to become a lifelong resource for you. From the day you...
