Tag: adversity
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Trading Worry for Peace
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6). Do you know what “supplication” means? It means to humbly seek…
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A Humble Mind
Lessons From Suffering Part 4 \“Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind” (1 Peter 3:8). How does suffering produce a humble mind? Recently I read Joel Muddamalle’s book The Hidden Peace. He describes humility as having a right understanding of who God is coupled…
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Sympathy from Suffering
Lessons From Suffering Part 3 “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind” (1 Peter 3:8). How does suffering produce “sympathy, brotherly love, and a tender heart?” I always thought I was a fairly sympathetic person. Certainly not too judgmental. Then I went through…
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Unity of Mind from Suffering
Lessons From Suffering: Part 2 “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind” (1 Peter 3:8). How does suffering create unity of mind? When I was going through a dark season, I felt as if everything was being stripped away. All the things I had…
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Lessons from Suffering
Part 1 1 Peter: 3:8: Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. It’s time to talk about suffering. Not a favorite topic, I know. But in this world, we are guaranteed to have troubles (John 16:33). Life can hurt, and sometimes it feels…
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Gratitude Changes our Heart
“Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity. Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and announce his works with shouts of joy” (Psalm 107:21-22, CSB). To quote Madame Blueberry from VeggieTales, “A thankful heart is a happy heart.” I have tested this and found it to be…
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A Prayer for the One Feeling Small
Sometimes this big world makes us feel small and insignificant. But God speaks truth into the darkness: So to the one feeling small today, I am praying this scripture over you: “May you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is.…
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This I Call To Mind
Lamentations 3:21 says, “But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope.” The act of “calling” something to mind implies intentional action—a conscious choice on where we focus our thoughts. When my heart grows weary, and hope feels faint, I consciously choose to remember and offer praise for what God has already done.…
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Heart Wide Open
2 Corinthians 6:11: We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. I am feeling called to vulnerability. Called to a higher degree of transparency so that I can offer connection and hope to others. While I don’t think this means baring my soul to every stranger, sometimes God brings someone into…
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Broken and Brave
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God (2 Corinthians 1:3-4). We all have strengths and gifts…