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Being Thankful Even When Things Go Bad

Giving thanks always for all things unto God. – Eph. 5:20 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. – Rom. 8:28 Notwithstanding all that I have suffered, notwithstanding all the pain and weariness and anxiety and sorrow…

Crucifixion Kills

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.  Gal. 5:24-26 Christ Owns You Once Christ owns you, the true work of sanctification…

In Their Affliction

In Their Affliction

In their afflictions people will seek the Lord more than in their prosperity. We are often unrepentant when things go our way. Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. In Their Affliction In their afflictions…

The Lord Does Not Forget You

The Lord Does Not Forget You

Even in captivity, the Lord promised he would not forget his people. He had a purpose in putting his people through the fire.  He wanted them to seek him.  He wanted His children to come back to Him. Jeremiah 29:12-14 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and…

Dealing With the Unreasonable

2 Thessalonians 3:2 – And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. Romans 12:18 – If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. John 16:33 – These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace.…

Learning Things The Hard Way

Psalms 119:71 – It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Galatians 6:7 – Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. There is a saying “some people only learn things the hard way.”  If we are honest…

Growth in Distress

Psalms 4:1 – Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. Psalms 23:4 – Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and…

Sand of Life

Matthew 13:46 – Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Genesis 22:17 – That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore;…