Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. (Jeremiah 17:7)

You and I look at the past in order to predict the future. We see past successes and say, “That’s a sure thing!” We look at present opportunities and read our lives like tea-leaves, “The future looks bright!” Past success and present opportunities are the best predictors of future fruitfulness, right?

Judges 5:31, “So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may your friends be like the sun as he shines in his might.”

In Philippians 2:25-30 Paul talks about his “brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister,” Epaphroditus. He says that Epaphroditus “nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.”

God invites Jeremiah (and by extension of an extension, us too) to be His mouth. To speak the Words of God. To deliver to the people in our lives the Voice of the Almighty.

This is the third of a series of devotionals discussing counseling in the local church. Dr. Timothy Lane of The Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF) teaches that there are “Six Unavoidable Facts.”

This is the first of a series of devotionals discussing counseling in the local church. Dr. Timothy Lane of The Christian Counseling and Education F”

This is the second of a series of devotionals discussing counseling in the local church. Dr. Timothy Lane of The Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF) teaches that there are “Six Unavoidable Facts.”

This is the first of a series of devotionals discussing counseling in the local church. Dr. Timothy Lane of The Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF) teaches that there are “Six Unavoidable Facts.”

No pastor or elder can read your Bible for you. And if you don't read the Bible for yourself your faith will stagnate and destabilize.