Tag: confusion
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The Way Things Seem
Hebrews 12:9-11 “We have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. For the moment all discipline…
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To the Bewildered
2 Corinthians 12:7 “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.” Some things make absolutely no sense! Anything in your life like that right now? There is in mine! …
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In Times of Chaos
1 Samuel 14:6 “Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, ‘Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the Lord will work for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.’” Have you ever looked around you and thought…
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“Huh?!”
2 Corinthians 1:13-14 “For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand —just as you did partially understand us.” Have you ever read or listened to something that made you say “Huh?!” Often that’s a result of poor writing. At other times…
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Even This?
Philippians 4:11 “I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.” As you read the verse above penned by the apostle Paul from a stinking Roman prison, and then as you attempt to apply them to your own life, is your reaction, “Amen,” or is it “Are you kidding me?!!” Your answer and…
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Who Knows?
Genesis 18:25 “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” I don’t know about you, but there are many things about God and the Word of God that I don’t understand. That bothers some people – a lot! Does it bother you? I suppose one way of looking at this is…
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When Things Make No Sense
John 19:24-25 “So the soldiers did these things, but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.” Have you ever had something happen to you in your life or in the lives of others you love and care about that made absolutely…
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Is there a better way?
John 21:6 “He said to them, ‘Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.’ So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.” Have you ever thought about how little you really know about just about anything? The way…
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Is there a better way?
Judges 10:6-16 “The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. And they forsook the Lord and did not serve him. So the anger of the Lord was…
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Order
Numbers 2:34 “Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers’ house.” 1 Corinthians 14:33 “For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.” It is interesting to…
To Encourage You 