A thousand dollars of food mdash jumbo shrimp shawarma salads and more mdash was delivered to a homeowner But the man wasn rsquo t having a party In fact he didn rsquo t order the smorgasbord his six-year son did How did this happen The father let his son play with his phone before bedtime and the boy used it to purchase the expensive bounty from a restaurant ldquo Why did you do this rdquo the father asked his son who was hiding under his comforter The six-year-old replied ldquo I was hungry rdquo The boy rsquo s appetite and [... more]

The disciples are waiting anxiously in Jerusalem Jesus has just ascended into heaven and promised that a Comforter would come But what would His arrival be like When would He come How would He come Acts - Stephen Davey is the President of Wisdom International Learn more at https www wisdomonline org sts [... more]

The Holy Spirit plays a vital role in strengthening God's people in the midst of fearful tribulation Today R C Sproul illustrates the importance of the Spirit's role as the Paraclete the promised Comforter Get the 'Foundations An Overview of Systematic Theology' DVD Series for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org foundations Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

Blogger Tim Challies and his wife Aileen reflect on their passage through grief over the loss of their son with thoughts for grievers and comforters alike Show Notes and Resources Visit Tim's blog at challies com Order Seasons of Sorrow The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God You can follow Tim on facebook challies Find resources from this podcast at shop familylife com Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app Help others find FamilyLife Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network [... more]

Robby So today we want to talk especially to those listeners who are going through a crisis And if you're not we want to encourage you to listen in Because today's talk will be helpful whatever season you're in whether for you or someone you love James James That's right We want to talk about Prayers from the Pit think about Joseph thrown into a pit by his brothers then sold into slavery one crisis after another Robby James when we were talking about this before you mentioned that you read something today about this that you really found helpful [... more]

Sometimes well-meaning friends can do more harm than good Job's friends sat down with him in his pain In this message we're introduced to three of Job's comforters through their lengthy speeches right in many ways yet limited in understanding How might a friend go wrong when reflecting on God's ways in suffering This month's special offer is available for a donation of any amount Get yours at rtwoffer com or call us at - - - [... more]

Song of Songs Take us the foxes the little foxes that spoil the vines for our vines have tender grapes As foxes are sly so is our enemy with the lies and falsehood The word fox here begins with the same letter as lie in Hebrew a Shin as the verse in the Shin section of the Psalm - I hate an Abhor lying but thy Law do I love I spend some time on different types of false comforters that destroy young fruit [... more]

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Perhaps His most familiar name is The Comforter but the Holy Spirit does so much more for the believer than just ease our sorrows In this in-depth study Stephen gives us incredible insight into the most mysterious member of the Godhead [... more]

When life gets painful it's easy to start believing that God isn't taking care of us the way he used to Dr Tony Evans will explain why the opposite is true as he talks about the purpose of pain [... more]

Linus in the Peanuts comic strip is best known for his blue security blanket He carries it everywhere and isn rsquo t embarrassed at needing it for comfort His sister Lucy especially dislikes the blanket and often tries to get rid of it She buries it makes it into a kite and uses it for a science fair project Linus too knows he should be less dependent on his blanket and lets it go from time to time always to take it back In the movie A Charlie Brown Christmas when a frustrated Charlie Brown asks ldquo Isn rsquo t [... more]

During the Golden Age of radio Fred Allen ndash used comedic pessimism to bring smiles to a generation living in the shadows of economic depression and a world at war His sense of humor was born out of personal pain Having lost his mother before he was three he was later estranged from his father who struggled with addictions He once rescued a young boy from the traffic of a busy New York City street with a memorable ldquo What rsquo s the matter with you kid Don rsquo t you want to grow up and have troubles rdquo The [... more]

Nevertheless I tell you the truth It is expedient for you that I go away for if I go not away the Comforter will not come unto you but if I depart I will send him unto you John [... more]

Nevertheless I tell you the truth It is expedient for you that I go away for if I go not away the Comforter will not come unto you but if I depart I will send him unto you John [... more]

But when the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father even the Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father he shall testify of me John [... more]

But when the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father even the Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father he shall testify of me John [... more]

And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever Even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knoweth him but ye know him for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you John - [... more]

And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever Even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knoweth him but ye know him for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you John - [... more]