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Category Archives: Loss
Four servants of God who battled fierce despair
Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship
Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide
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A song from a hurting heart
They say divorce is like death. The pain is greater when you’ve been forsaken by a spouse. The fears, regrets, guilt, anger, loss and loneliness can cycle through your heart for years. Music is often a means that helps to heal the heart. Continue reading
No one came to my support
At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. It’s natural to default toward self-pity and resentment when we feel forgotten and unappreciated. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Christian life, Comfort, Discouragement, Forgiveness, Jesus Christ, Loss
Tagged abandoned, Alone, bitter, Deserted by others, forgotten, God's presence, lonely, resentful
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Troubled dust, but dust that dreams
Rest securely and confidently in what God has done for you in Christ! And remind yourself often that…. Continue reading
Posted in Agnostic, Atheism, Atheists, Death of Christ, Depravity, Depression, Despair, Easter, Eternal life, Eternal security, Evil in the world, Fear of death, God's Love, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Grace, Grieving, Heaven, Hope?, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, In Christ, Jesus Christ, Loss, Meaning of life, Problem of evil, Promises of Bible, purpose, Religion-not the answer, Resurrection, Salvation, Sin, Suffering, The cross of Christ
Tagged ashes to ashes, dust to dust, empty, Hope, hopeless feelings, life after death, Meaning of life, Meaninglessness, more to life
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Every day is NOT a great day
Do we now live in cultures that encourage unrealistic expectations of uninterrupted happiness? I find it troubling when the Church strains to paint everything in such positive terms that believers are shocked and perhaps disillusioned by trials and suffering. Continue reading
Nothing wasted
After each of the following Scriptures, make a list of the purposes accomplished through suffering. Then talk to God about what you learned. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Anxiety, Broken Relationships, Christian life, Christian worldview, Comfort, Defeat?, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith, Grieving, Loss, Mind Renewal, Pain, Problem of evil, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Trials
Tagged God's comfort, Hardships, purpose of suffering, Suffering
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Scene 2 – Life as a slave
Audio message for all five scenes: Play Audio! At the vulnerable age of seventeen, (at the hands of his very own brothers), Joseph was ripped from his family and sold into slavery. “So when Joseph came to his brothers, … Continue reading
Posted in Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Crawford Loritts, God's Will, Joseph's story, Loss
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