Tag Archives: suffering

A Life of Devotion

Posted on March 17, 2024 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

She turned the difficult situation into an opportunity to serve God. Some might have grown bitter. Others would have felt hopeless. She chose to speak with God about her struggles. And that conversation led to a life of devotion. Continue reading →

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Unjust Suffering

Posted on November 24, 2023 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

November 24 Unjust Suffering  Today’s Scripture Readings: Psalm 129:1-8 | Ezekiel 47:1 – 48:35 | 1 Peter 2:11-3:17 | Proverbs 28:12-13  Today’s Scripture Focus: 1 Peter 2:11 – 3:17 “But if when you do good and suffer for it you … Continue reading →

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Eternal Glory

Posted on August 31, 2023 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

We tend to magnify the troubles down here and lose sight of the glory that is to come. It seems the natural tendency. Paul did the opposite. He focused more on the glory that was to be revealed. From that perspective, even the most devastating events were viewed as “light and momentary troubles.”   Continue reading →

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Hard Times

Posted on August 21, 2023 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

How do we handle unimaginable tragedy? What do we do when our worst nightmares come true? Continue reading →

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When God Asks the Questions

Posted on September 1, 2022 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Job has asked his questions. He has finally said all that he could think of to say. Now he is waiting for the answers. Then something surprising happens. God shows up not to answer the questions, but to ask His own. Continue reading →

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Eternal Glory

Posted on August 31, 2022 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

I love the phrase Paul uses to describe troubles: “Our light and momentary troubles.” Remember his light and momentary troubles? “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed, perplexed but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned, struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed” (4:8-10). Continue reading →

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Medium Rare or Well Done?

Posted on July 29, 2022 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Open your heart to Jesus today, give yourself fully to him—all of you—don’t hold anything back.  Then someday you’ll hear those words we all want to hear: “Well done.” Continue reading →

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Who Do you Say I Am?

Posted on March 31, 2022 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Jesus asks what is perhaps the most important question that can be asked, “Who do you say I am?” For the most part the crowds didn’t have a clue and even those closest to him seemed a bit confused. But impulsive Peter has it right this time: “God’s Messiah.” Continue reading →

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Hard Times (Aug 21)

Posted on August 21, 2021 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

upright man who feared God and shunned evil. Scrupulous about sin, he tried hard to follow God. God had blessed him with a great family. He lived comfortably and well. Then one day he lost it all. Continue reading →

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Reckless Abandon (June 30)

Posted on June 30, 2021 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

all. We are so easily deterred from the task, giving way to distractions, to fears, and to our desires for comfort. We who have encountered the risen Christ, even if our encounters were perhaps less dramatic than the Damascus Road, have a story to share. We whose lives have been shaped by the grace of God have a message to pass on.  Continue reading →

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