Wrestling with God is a foolish exercise practiced by the immature. God is not limited to working with His people to accomplish His will. He is sovereign and that also means King David was a great man of God, but he wasn’t a perfect man. In this psalm David, David confesses that he had been trying to hide his sins from omniscient God. He “finally’ realized that he had been wrestling with God and made a decision to stop. That’s a good idea. Go to https://bit.ly/2XJin0Q for the show notes for this episode. For more, go to https://aradicalthought.com

God can operate through unbelievers just as easily as He can through believers. God is not limited to working with His people to accomplish His will. He is sovereign and that also means He can exert control over unbelievers. There are some in the church who believe we should only accept help from believers. Just as God worked through Cyrus, God can work through unbelievers around you to accomplish His will for your life. We need to keep our eyes open to where and how God is working, even through the most unlikely channels. Go to https://bit.ly/31hlSwp for the show notes for this episode. For more, go to https://aradicalthought.com

Our mistakes should bother us because they are against God not because it costs us money, time, prestige, or position. Mistakes will cost something. If you drive too fast and get a ticket, it will cost you. All mistakes have some kind of cost – often it is small – sometimes it is not! In this brief message, we are encouraged not to focus on the cost as much as on our relationship with God. Go to https://bit.ly/2EqfxHn for the show notes for this episode. For more, go to https://aradicalthought.com

It is a thing of wonder that our cries and prayers actually are heard by God. Prayer is an exercise of faith! We can’t see the Person we are praying to. We don’t get audible feedback regarding our prayers. And sometimes it seems that they are not being heard at all. But God does hear our prayers and He answers them – every one! Go to https://bit.ly/2ZNcRvs for the show notes for this episode.

Opposition may change your circumstances, but it doesn’t change what God told you to do. It is naïve to believe that you will be able to do God’s work without opposition. If you attempt to do something great for God, you should expect great opposition. How should you respond when the work of God gets hard? Go to https://bit.ly/3f8w9ku for the show notes for this episode. For more, go to https://aradicalthought.com

It takes great courage to resist the temptation to compromise. The story of Lot is both tragic and instructive. He is a man who is given every opportunity to succeed and appears to do just that, but then everything goes terribly wrong. We all need to learn from the life of Lot so that we don’t end up in the same place. Go to http://bit.ly/36sgS9C for the show notes for this episode. For more, go to https://aradicalthought.com

Christ is the reason for the season and love is the reason for Christ! Merry Christmas! This is a special Christmas edition of A Radical Thought. Rick shares a thought on tuning up our faith during this celebration of the birth of our Savior. Go to http://bit.ly/2tN4Mtp for the show notes for this episode. For more, go to https://aradicalthought.com

Good people sometimes must endure difficulties as God deals with the wicked. It is not always easy to understand why God allows hard things to come into the lives of His people. As we see in this text, it might be because of what God is trying to do in someone else’s life. We just have to endure to consequence of their rebellion. Go to http://bit.ly/34yeVYk for the show notes for this episode. For more, go to https://aradicalthought.com

What do you do when you are frustrated or discouraged by things in your life that you are powerless to change? It is not possible to go through this life and not experience things that are annoying, painful, or troubling. Thankfully, God didn’t leave us without a solution during those times. In fact, with God, the things that cause us the greatest trouble can be of great benefit to us. Go to http://bit.ly/374wYa3 for the show notes for this episode. For more, go to https://aradicalthought.com

One tiny light in the darkness may help someone to find their way to the love of God. Walking in the dark without a light can be a dangerous thing to do. Much of this word is in spiritual darkness and we need a light to see our way safely through it. Thankfully, God provided us a lamp but we need to do more than just possess it. Go to http://bit.ly/32dFlMY for the show notes for this episode. For more, go to https://aradicalthought.com