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hardships

  1. That Your Hearts May be Encouraged

    “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery...
  2. Self-Sacrifice

    Hello folks. Today is 9/11, a day to remember the lives of the victims and of the heroes that saved countless lives after the attacks in 2001. This devotional covers self-sacrifice, the act of putting time, resources, or even our own lives to help the greater good of society. Date September...
  3. Timely Measures

    Timely measures are His treasures That He gives to make us better. Much is needed to make holy Those who follow Him so closely. God is sovereign over all things, Holy living to our lives brings, So He takes us through our trials, Some which come now through Belials. No escaping hardships...
  4. We are Farmers [For Christ]

    Hello folks. Remember that Farmer's insurance advert, that went: "We are farmers". Well, we kinda are farmers for Christ's Kingdom, sowing a hope for others. Farmers Insurance Commercial (Duration: 5 seconds) Date June 4, 2024 | We Are Farmers [for God’s Kingdom] Verse Deuteronomy 28:8...
  5. Do you believe God can use satan as a tool to test our faith?

    I do.
  6. Timely Measures

    Timely measures are His treasures That He gives to make us better. Much is needed to make holy Those who follow Him so closely. God is sovereign over all things, Holy living to our lives brings, So He takes us through our trials, Some which come now through Belials. No escaping hardships...
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    Prayer for my Dearest Sisters...To the moon and back...

    Good evening. It's twilight hours where I am, but I've been kept awake by the thought of some dear people close to me who have a changing event to attend tomorrow, that would allow them to pull their community up from where it is and change many lives. They are a group of 12 wonderful young...
  8. We Will Have Trouble

    John 16:33 NIV “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Trouble in the World As the year 2020 is now coming to an end, and as we reflect back over all the events and situations of this...
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    Prayer Request

    The past two years I've battled with depression/anxiety, addiction of nicotine, the passing of my grandmother, a breakup that I felt was Godsend, the diagnosis of my mother's breast cancer (in remission) and my dad's diagnosis of cancer who past away May 23rd of this year. My anxiety has been...
  10. His Promises Won't Break

    Ephesians 6:10-12 ESV “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the...
  11. The Serenity Prayer

    God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world As it is, not as I...
  12. Be Still

    Friday, October 14, 2016, 1:11 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Trust and Obey.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Psalm 46 (ESV). Help in Trouble (vv. 1-3) God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth...