Pastor’s Blog (Page 26)

Dear Woodland Hills Family, In recent weeks I’ve been discussing with you the matter of weakness and looking to the Scriptures for the why of it all. So far we’ve covered these principles: 1. Weakness helps you realize your need for God’s strength. (read here) 2. Weakness is the canvas that best displays God’s strength. (read here) 3. Weakness may…

Dear Woodland Hills Family, In response to all the aches of life — headaches, backaches, and heartaches — we’ve been asking the question, Why weakness? Why do I so often lack sufficient strength of body, mind or spirit? According to the Scriptures, often it is Satan who invents and assigns disabilities, diseases, or deformities. But why does God allow…

Dear Woodland Hills Family, A week ago I helped my son-in-law change a tire.  Something in my back must not have liked that idea. So I’ve been spending a lot of time since then looking at the ceiling.  Weakness. Again. Why? So far we’ve covered these principles about weakness: 1. Weakness helps you realize your need for God’s strength. 2. Weakness is the…

Dear Woodland Hills Family,   We spent $8,362 on health care for every man, woman, and child in America in 2010.* Yet their average income was only $27,915.^ Basically, we are spending 30% of every available dollar on our debilities, diseases, and deformities. With all our medical and technological advances, why are sickness, pain, and suffering still so pervasive?…

Dear Woodland Hills Family, Back aches, headaches, and heartaches.  Why so many aches in life? The Apostle Paul was no stranger to weakness — he met hardship at every turn: beatings, imprisonments, life-threatening dangers, hunger, cold and exposure… Then there was that intense ache, that groaning in his soul when one of his flock was stumbling. As if these…

    Why weakness?   Most of us struggle with some sort of weakness. One person has recurring headaches. Another’s vision is impaired. Someone else can’t bend over or lift anything without pain. If it’s not allergies it’s asthma or arthritis. Everywhere you turn there’s all manner of disease, defect, or disorder. Why? Some blame…