wrestling with questions

Wrestling with Faith and Expectations

With My help, you can overcome any obstacle. Do not expect an easy path as you journey hand in hand with Me, but do remember that I, your very-present Helper, am omnipotent. Jesus Calling, January 9 Our Expectations Has Jesus ever behaved differently than you expected? Or maybe differently than you wanted? If God has ever moved—or not moved—in a way you desired, then you know the sting. You know the hurt. You know the confusion that surrounds you, threatening to suffocate your faith. If you have ever felt this way, please know you are not alone. John the Baptist is just one example of a person’s faith tested in the furnace of trials. He, too, felt the sting of wondering what Jesus was doing—or not doing. He had been a voice in the wilderness, a wanderer waiting anxiously for Israel’s Messi...

Wrestling with Questions, Finding Peace from God: Erwin McManus & Dominic Done

Erwin McManus: My goal is to help people have inner peace in the middle of the conflict, to have inner peace in the middle of the chaos, to have the kind of peace where they measure their life by how many others they helped find peace in the world.  Wrestling with Questions, Finding Peace from God: Erwin McManus & Dominic Done – Episode #164 Narrator: Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. Today we talk with two pastors who ask deep questions of God, and how, in the midst of their wonderings, they’re able to feel peace: Pastors Erwin McManus and Dominic Done.  First up, Erwin McManus is an artist and writer who works to integrate creativity and spirituality. He is the founder and Lead Pastor of Mosaic, a Los Angeles-based church recognized as one of America’s most influential ...