Tag: trials
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What does it all mean?
Psalm 91:3 “for he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.” I don’t know about you, but the verse above, and in fact the entire 91st Psalm, is one that I’ve heard repeatedly since Covid-19 has struck. I’ve heard so many Christians turn to this Psalm as the…
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The Gardener
John 15:2 “Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” Jesus spoke often in figures of speech. In the well-known metaphors of John 15 He calls himself the vine, the Father the gardener, and the believers branches. He…
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The very present help
Psalm 46:1 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Are you facing any trouble in your life right now? If you’re not, you’re the rare individual, and if you’re not, wait a little while, and trouble will find its way to you. We are told that “man is born to trouble as the sparks…
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For the overwhelmed
Psalm 43:5 “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.” Aren’t you thankful for the Psalms that show the psalmists baring the pain of their souls? These men of God had troubles, just…
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The waves
Psalm 42:5-7 “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? . . . Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me.” Job 42:8-11 “Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb,…
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Eternal perspective
Psalm 34:19 “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” If one verse should sound a death knell to the “health and wealth” prosperity gospel, it is the one above from Psalm 34. To hear some TV preachers tell it, if you are a Christian, God wants nothing for…
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Why this?
Exodus 17:8 “Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.” Israel’s history as they wandered in the wilderness is an interesting one. After they had been delivered by God’s mighty hand from captivity in Egypt, they started on a journey of faith to the Promised Land. It was a journey that would take 40…
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A look back
Genesis 47:9 “And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “. . . Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life.” Genesis 48:15-16 “God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day, the angel who has redeemed me from all evil.” In the verses above we have two accounts that Jacob…
To Encourage You 