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Category Archives: Suffering
Why I’m Glad God Chose Joseph for the first Christmas
Hand of Mercy
Unexpected Troubling News This Christmas
Jesus’ Peace vs. The World’s Peace
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
John 14:27
‘Tis the season when we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Continue reading
People I Know Who Most Resemble Jesus: Hold Lightly
I’ve noticed the people I know who most resemble Jesus, hold on to their expectations ever so lightly.
[Image by Matt Reinbold via Wikimedia – Labeled for reuse on Google Images. Creative Commons, Text added from GodRunning.com.]
The Reason Heaven Is Heaven
In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
John 14:2-3
What Makes Heaven Heaven Continue reading
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Things I Heard In Church: The 3 Keys To Surviving Suffering
I have found this to be true:
“Faith, complete humility, and absolute surrender are what carry us through suffering.”
–Joel Stephens
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From my notes on Joel Stephens’s excellent teaching. Heard on July 8, 2018 at Foundation Bible Fellowship, Ashland, OR
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The Terrible Thing (that’s easier than what we’re all trying to do instead)
“The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self–all your wishes and precautions–to Christ. But it is far easier than what we are all trying to do instead.”
-C.S. Lewis
