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Category Archives: Trials
Abundant life includes pain and struggle
It sometimes doesn’t feel good to be a Christian on the straight and narrow. Continue reading
Posted in Christian life, Christianity, Comfort, Disciple-making, Discipleship, Discipline, discouraged, Following Christ, Sanctification, Suffering, Trials, Wisdom
Tagged Discipleship, Hardships, Suffering, triaals
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Weakness is the way
Does God allow us to stay with the idea that we are strong? Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, discouraged, Suffering, Trials
Tagged JI Packer, thorn in flesh, Weakness
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Discipline vs. Punishment
Jesus bore the punishment our sin (all of it) deserved. Should we then be uncomfortable with the thought that God punishes believers for specific sins? Continue reading
Posted in Discipline, Punishment, Salvation, Suffering, Trials, Walking with God
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How does his story end?
An attack of Satan and the sovereignty of God. How does it end? Continue reading
Posted in Patience, Suffering, Trials, Walking with God
Tagged Satan, story of Job, Suffering, waiting on God
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We have no power
Make a courageous admission: Some of us need to turn to God and confess, Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Addiction, Alcohol addiction, discouraged, Drug addiction, Suffering, Trials
Tagged Addiction, Crisis, helpless, hopeless, Life is hard
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When life feels difficult
I’ve often asked God for green pastures and still waters. God has been faithful to provide times of rest and refreshment. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Depression, discouraged, Doubt, personal, Personal thoughts, Questioning God, Suffering, Trials
Tagged confused about God, difficulty, setbacks, struggles, Suffering, Trials
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5 purposes of pain (by C. S. Lewis)
Can you think of other purposes? Continue reading
When forgotten and deserted
It hurts to be forgotten and deserted. But when faced with such experiences, we only multiply our pain when we choose… Continue reading
Posted in Bitterness, Comfort, Despair, Forgiveness, Resentment, Suffering, Trials
Tagged abandoned, deserted, forgotten, rejected by friends
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What is God doing in my life?
You may have thought that life with God would solve everything. Why are you facing new challenges and still battling old ones? Continue reading
Posted in Discipline, discouraged, J. I. Packer, Sanctification, Suffering, Trials
Tagged Does God care?, purpose of trials, Where is God?
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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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