Suffering | God Running

God Running is a place for anyone who wants to (or even anyone who wants to want to) love Jesus more deeply, follow Jesus more closely, and love people the way Jesus wants us to.

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Posted on January 2, 2021 by Kurt Bennett

Bible Commentary, Bible Study, Suffering, thanksgiving

2020 anxiety, 2020 depression, New Year, thanksgiving

God Running is a place for anyone who wants to (or even anyone who wants to want to) love Jesus more deeply, follow Jesus more closely, and love people the way Jesus wants us to.

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Posted on December 19, 2020 by Kurt Bennett

Bible Study, Genesis, I Wish Someone Had Told Me This When I Was Young, Marriage, Prayer, Suffering

anxiety, depression, Genesis 44, what God wants, what to give God for Christmas

Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Caravaggio (c.1600)

God Running is a place for anyone who wants to (or even anyone who wants to want to) love Jesus more deeply, follow Jesus more closely, and love people the way Jesus wants us to.

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Posted on October 24, 2020 by Kurt Bennett

Bible Study, John, Love Like Jesus Book, Marriage, Suffering

deflection, depression, difficult people, John 21:18-22, Peter crucified

God Running is a place for anyone who wants to (or even anyone who wants to want to) love Jesus more deeply, follow Jesus more closely, and love people the way Jesus wants us to.

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Posted on October 17, 2020 by Kurt Bennett

Bible Study, John, Suffering

can God use a sinner like me, Can God use me, Jesus asks Peter three times, John 21:13-17, Peter denies Christ

God Running is a place for anyone who wants to (or even anyone who wants to want to) love Jesus more deeply, follow Jesus more closely, and love people the way Jesus wants us to.

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Posted on October 3, 2020 by Kurt Bennett

Bible Study, John, Suffering

depression, hope, Jesus breakfast, Jesus great catch of fish, John 21:1-14

God Running is a place for anyone who wants to (or even anyone who wants to want to) love Jesus more deeply, follow Jesus more closely, and love people the way Jesus wants us to.

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Posted on September 26, 2020 by Kurt Bennett

Bible Study, How Jesus Loved People - How You Can Too, John, Love Like Jesus Book, Marriage, People Who Resemble Jesus, Suffering

influence, Love like Jesus, peer pressure, social norming

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Posted on September 12, 2020 by Kurt Bennett

Bible Study, People Who Resemble Jesus, Suffering

9/11, alameda fire, anxiety, depression, Suffering

The happiest people I know concern themselves with loving God and growing into the likeness of Jesus. The most unhappy people I know concern themselves with the shortcomings of others. #lovelikeJesus

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Posted on August 25, 2020 by Kurt Bennett

Bible Study, How Jesus Loved People - How You Can Too, I Wish Someone Had Told Me This When I Was Young, Love Like Jesus Book, People Who Resemble Jesus, Suffering

Happiest people do this, how to be happy, Love like Jesus

If we think it through, from an eternal perspective, we could look at this time as an opportunity. An opportunity to grow closer to Jesus and become more like him. These days we’re all a little bit more like cloistered monks than we used to be.

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Image of monk by Alejandro Linares Garcia via Wikimedia Commons – Creative Commons