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When God Takes Away What You Love
Read more: When God Takes Away What You Love“The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the Name of the Lord.” -Job 1:21 Job knew the sting the heart feels when God takes away what you love. When God gives. Then takes away. Many of us face this pain in life. The pain that remains when God takes away something you…
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God’s Purpose in Disappointment
Read more: God’s Purpose in Disappointment“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God.” –Psalm 42:5-6a It’s easy to feel defeated in the midst of life’s disappointments. To feel broken. Confused. Hopeless. Sad. Empty. But with the help of…
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The Illusion of No Progress
Read more: The Illusion of No Progress“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.”…
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It’s been a Bad Day…So that…
Read more: It’s been a Bad Day…So that…The apostle Paul knew what it was like to have a bad day. Shipwrecked, thrown in prison, flogged, beaten, stoned, in danger from people, in danger from nature, hungry, thirsty, cold, weak… You can read about his perils in 2 Corinthians 11:23-33. Paul learned something about his perils. His most profound statement in all of…
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Finding Meaning in Trials
Read more: Finding Meaning in TrialsThe apostle Paul knew what it was like to experience trials. To have a bad day. Shipwrecked, thrown in prison, flogged, beaten, stoned, in danger from people, in danger from nature, hungry, thirsty, cold, weak… You can read about his perils in 2 Corinthians 11:23-33. Paul learned something about his perils. His most profound statement…
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