Tag: suffering
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Running the Race
Hebrews 12:10-12 “He disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees” You do realize, don’t you, that the ultimate…
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Are you a “have” or a “have not”?
1 Samuel 31:4-7 “Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it. And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him. Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.” Have you ever thought about the day…
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Why is this happening to me?!
Hebrews 12:3-6 “Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? ‘My son, do not regard lightly…
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Joy to the World
Hebrews 12:1-2 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the…
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The Life (and Death) of Faith
Hebrews 11:32-39 “And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies…
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The Glorious Mystery of “Christ in You”
Colossians 1:27 “the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” The mysteries of God are wonderful things, but they are things that are only…
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The Humiliated
1 Samuel 21:10-15 “And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath. And the servants of Achish said to him, ‘Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten…
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A Dangerous Occupation
Revelation 2:10-11 “Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to…
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Powerful Words
Mark 4:39 “Peace! Be still!” Jesus’ words have awesome power for they come from the mouth of an awesome God. We see evidence of this in the verse above from the account of Jesus in a boat with his disciples on the Sea of Galilee during a violent storm. The disciples feared for their lives…
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Those Difficult People!
1 Samuel 18:29 “So Saul was David’s enemy continually.” Is there anything in your life that you wish would be different? For example, are there people in your life that you’d rather not have to deal with, but there seems to be no escape? Maybe it’s a boss, an employee, or a problematic neighbor. Do…
To Encourage You 