Pastor Philip Nissley has been the Senior Pastor of New Hope Assembly for 24+ years. He has a passion for the Downriver community and Detroit to be changed by the power of God.
SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
HOW TO BE RIGHT WHEN YOU’VE BEEN WRONGED
Article by Pastor Philip Nissley,
New Hope Assembly of God, Taylor, MI
In 1993, Charles Colson received the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. The $1 million prize is the largest prize for achievement in any field, ranking higher than the Nobel prizes in science and literature. Colson served seven months in prison for obstructing justice as the “hatchet man” in the Watergate cover-up. His conversion later led to the founding of Prison Fellowship in 1976. In response to this award, Colson said, "Out of tragedy and adversity come great blessings. I shudder to think of what I would have been if I had not gone to prison."
Most of us have never served time in jail nor have we been locked up in prison. However, we have all been through what we might call "prison experiences" in life. This Thanksgiving Season, trust God and praise your way through tough times, by putting to action “How to Be Right When You’ve Been Wronged”:
I. WHEN YOU ARE TREATED WRONGLY, ENTRUST YOUR SOUL TO YOUR FAITHFUL CREATOR IN DOING WHAT IS RIGHT
A. Don’t loose your trust in God in the midst of your SETTING. In Acts 16:16-24, Paul and Silas were obediently serving the Lord when they found themselves in this mess. Their rights as Roman citizens violated, their backs torn open, their feet