Wayne Stiles's Blog, page 15
June 1, 2020
The Harod Valley – Your Overwhelming Anxiety Finds its Peace
Truths as enduring as the beautiful settings in which they occurred.
Have you noticed how history repeats itself in our lives? We think we’ve learned to deal with overwhelming anxiety, but each new day offers a new challenge we never would have expected.
(Photo: The Harod Valley. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
In ancient Israel, the Harod Valley gave stage to two sets of desperate situations. From threats to insecurities to death and hopelessness, in every case the overwhelmin...
May 27, 2020
Seeing in the Dark [Podcast]
Selections from the book of Job
Sometimes it seems the Lord allows way too much pain in our lives. In this episode of Live the Bible, we fasten our seatbelts and take a look at the most miserable man in the Bible—Job.
If you’ve ever wondered where God is in your struggles, I think you’ll find the verses of Job, frankly, as encouraging as they are surprising!
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May 20, 2020
The Incredible Influence of One [Podcast]
Esther 4
How do you find the courage to face a fearful situation? In this episode of Live the Bible, we look at the life of one of the most courageous women in the Bible—Esther. Don’t think that just because she was a queen that she didn’t struggle just like us. She did!
Esther shows us the confidence we can have in God’s sovereignty becomes the reason for our courage to do what’s right.
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May 13, 2020
Keep the Change [Podcast]
Nehemiah 10; 13
How do we keep from going back to the old life? In this episode of Live the Bible, we journey to Jerusalem with Nehemiah where he rebuilds the wall. But more importantly, Nehemiah continued what Ezra had done to rebuild the people and help them keep the changes they had made in their lives.
How do we keep the change we want in our lives? Nehemiah shows us.
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May 11, 2020
[VIDEO] Our Current Crisis and Jerusalem’s Walls and Gates
What to Do When God Lays Siege to Our Lives
Being stuck at home these days compares little to suffering under a siege in an ancient city. But the lessons it offers us are very much the same. Thats probably why I have had numerous members of my Walking the Bible Lands videos suggest I make this video available to you. The encouraging truth it offers rings as true today as it did thousands of years ago.
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In ancient Israel, a city wasnt a city without a wall. Even in Jerusalem, a wall served as...
May 6, 2020
God’s Water Gate: Drinking Daily Where Truth Gushes [Podcast]
Selections from the Book of Ezra
How well do you guard your source of truth? In this episode of Live the Bible, we look at Gods Water Gate in Jerusalem. Thats not a political term, but a gate that walled off and protected the water source.
At this gate, Ezra gave a challenging message to Gods people that we need to hear as well. We also need to guard our time with the source of our sustenanceGods Word.
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May 4, 2020
The Surprising Secret to Greatness We Need to Discover
What the original team of rivals can teach us about true greatness.
God never promised us the Christian life would shield us from the temptation of popularity, greatness, or admiration. In fact, dont we often toy with getting what we want out of life just like the world does?
(Photo: The road up to Jerusalem from Jericho. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
On His way up to Jerusalem for the last time, Jesus once told His followers that greatness is a fine goal to pursue. In...
April 29, 2020
When Trusting God is All You Have [Podcast]
2 Chronicles 14-16
What do you do when trusting God is all you have? In this episode of Live the Bible, we look at a king we dont often hear much about. Asa had faith, but he struggled to put that faith into his life. Asa is a great reminder that when God shows up in one area of our lives, its just a sampler of the fact that he can show up in every area.
Our Christian life is where we walk by faith and not by sight. This podcast will show us how.
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Paul’s House Arrest in Rome and Our Home Isolation
What do these unusual days make possible?
These unusual days in which we find ourselves homebound reflect, in a way, Pauls days under house arrest in Rome. Our home isolation amounts to a couple of months. But Pauls incarceration lasted two years.
(Photo: Insula in Rome by Lalupa/Public domain)
In Rome today stands an apartment from the 1st-2nd century, roughly the time of Pauls first imprisonment in the city. These types of quarters, called insula, were literally everywhere in Rome. This...
April 22, 2020
The Magnitude of God’s Grace in Your Life [Podcast]
1 Chronicles 17
Have you ever felt like a failure? You are not alone! In this episode of Live the Bible, we look at the great King David, a man after Gods own heartand a man who failed. How in the world did he retain his position after such awful failure?
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