Category: Overcoming Trials
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(Listen to podcast) (Listen to devotion) John 14:27 “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.” One day I rushed home after work because I had a busy schedule that evening.…
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(Listen to the podcast) (Listen to the audio) 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” Have you ever been through a season of difficult times? Where one thing after another goes wrong, or your trying circumstance seems…
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(Listen to the podcast) (Listen to the audio) Proverbs 30:5 “Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.” In John 4:46-54, a local ruler of Capernaum searches for Jesus in Cana, a village of Galilee where Jesus performed His first recorded miracle of changing water to…
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(Listen to the Podcast) (Listen to a reading of this devotional) Acts 16:25-26 “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened,…
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(Listen to the audio) Exodus 6:9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor. In Exodus 4, when Moses and Aaron went to meet the king of Egypt, they first met with the Hebrew elders and repeated what the Lord had told them,…
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(Listen to the audio) Psalm 78:19-20 They spoke against God, saying, “Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out; torrents overflowed. But can he also provide breador furnish meat for his people?” Years ago when one of our sons was just a child, he was watching…
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(Listen to audio) Psalm 27:1 – 4 “The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom should I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life — whom should I dread? When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell. Though an army deploys against me, my heart will not be afraid; though a war breaks out against me, I will still be…
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(Listen to audio) 1 Thessalonians 5:17 “be unceasing and persistent in prayer;” (AMP) The book of Nehemiah tells the story of how a Jewish exile living in the capital of the Persian Empire, returned to Jerusalem and led the remnant of Jews to rebuild the city walls in 52 days. An amazing task considering he…
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Proverbs 21:30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord. One of the most referenced events in the Bible involves the Exodus of Israel out of Egypt. The presence of God, the Ten Commandments, the faith and obedience of Moses, the rebellion of the people, the wandering in the desert for 40 years…
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Proverbs 1:33 “but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.” There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.” It’s been applied in a variety of situations, but basically its saying, “If you don’t like…
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