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Crises reveal your core

For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. -1 Timothy…

How to stay in the eye of the storm

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. -Mark 11:24 (NIV) He who knows how…

When the pain won’t stop

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is…

For the children

> No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by…

When buried seeds are sown with tears

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! -Psalm 126:5 (ESV) Sometimes it feels like you’re getting buried alive, doesn’t it? (It’s not just me,…

Keep calm and trust in God

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. -Proverbs 3:5 (NIV) Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation,…

Unashamed

But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned before the angels of God. -Luke 12:9 (NIV) For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is…

The long and winding road to fulfilled dreams, part 3

The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.” -Genesis 41:52 (NIV) In our last…

Surviving the car crusher

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every…

Plans to prosper you and not to harm you

Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you…