God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. (Psalm 46:1-3) Whether you are saved or not, rain falls on everybody. That is not a negative confession; it is just life on earth. There will be trouble, there will be storms, and there

For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 3:11) When builders develop a new section of land, seasoned buyers know to watch which lots they choose first and which they fill in last. The best lots, those on the most stable ground, go first and usually cost more. The leftover pieces tend to be on less stable ground. You might be tempted to take one because the price looks better. But when the foundation is not solid, you end up

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. (James 1:22-24) James did not waste words, and he did not soften his message in his letter. In the first chapter of his letter, he wrote something that should make every believer stop and p