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Category Archives: Trials
Lead us not into temptation?
Is there a difference between trials and temptations? Continue reading
Posted in Prayer, Sexual temptations, Suffering, Teaching of Jesus, Temptation, Trials, Wisdom
Tagged James 1, lead us not, Satan, Temptation, the tempter, trials and temptations
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I’ve learned a lot about grief. I have seen how it attacks meaning and motivation. Grief creeps up and seizes a moment, an hour, an afternoon. I think it’s going to be like this for a while. Continue reading
Posted in Church Leadership, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Loss, Qualifications for leadership, Suffering, Trials
Tagged Hardships, Leadership, Loss, Trials
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Nature’s wonders follow the plow
Are you safe and undisturbed, living lazily in the sunshine – the picture of sleepy contentment? Continue reading
Posted in Christian Counselor, Christian life, Christianity, Disciple-making, Discipleship, Maturity, Suffering, Trials, Walking with God
Tagged Hardships, Suffering, Trials, troubles
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Understanding trials
Prepared for the tough parts of the journey. Continue reading
Posted in Disciple-making, Discipleship, discouraged, J. I. Packer, Loss, Suffering, Trials
Tagged Hardships, setbacks, Suffering, Trials
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Trials of many kinds
A series on the book of James that lasted one year. Continue reading
The outcome of our suffering
Sometimes we are not sure of all the purposes involved in our suffering. I am encouraged by the hope that the outcome would be a display of… Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Loss, Pain, Suffering, Trials, Wisdom
Tagged confused by suffering, enduring suffering, Hardships, Suffering, the suffering of Job, Trials, why we suffer
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Wisdom for trials and suffering
“He knows the way he takes,” even if for the moment we do not. Perhaps God is preparing us for forms of service of which at present we have no inkling. Continue reading
Posted in Blessed by God, discouraged, Discouragement, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Loss, Questioning God, Seeking God, Suffering, Trials, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom
Tagged feeling discouraged, loss of hope, suffering and god, Suffering for Christ, Trials of Job, Trials of life, what to do when discouraged
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Life is often a winding and troubled road
The point of many biblical stories is to help us feel in our bones (not just know in our heads) that God is for us in strange turns of life. Continue reading
Posted in Christian life, Christianity, Disciple-making, Discipleship, Discipline, discouraged, Discouragement, Following Christ, In Christ, Loss, New Christian, Spiritual disciplines, Suffering, Trials, Wisdom
Tagged Discipleship, Discouragement, Following Christ, following Jesus, Suffering
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Not always Wonderful, Great, and Amazing
Have we created a Christian culture that encourages expectations of uninterrupted happiness? Are we comfortable with being uncomfortable? Can we accept the fact that it sometimes doesn’t feel good to be a Christian? Continue reading