Category: Endurance
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Trials of Many Kinds
Recently, I’ve been reflecting a lot on life and its challenges. I’ve written about the importance of approaching the Lord with sincerity and seeking His help when we need it. Our faith strengthens through exercise, and we all know that it gets exercised only when we actively use and work it. Often, it’s the difficulties…
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It’s Not the End
“Here we are at last, at the end of all things” that is a line from “The Lord of the Rings.” It’s funny but that moment was not the end at all. It was only an end of their hard journey for a moment. There was more to their story still be witten and lived. More…
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Enduring Grace
Plumb sings a song that says “How many times have you heard me cry out “God Please Take This”, How many times have you given me strength to just keep breathing, God I need you, God I need you now.” Have you ever felt the same? If I am being honest I have as well. Even Paul…
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Waiting on the Lord
This is a concept I don’t know if we teach very often anymore. It’s not a popular topic in church. We certainly are not teaching waiting or patience in our society. It’s a simple concept, the idea of waiting. Yet rejected by many in our everything is a right now thing mentality. We pay to…
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Strength from Struggle
It seems like a great irony that we gain strength through struggle. I know we wish that we had strength some other way. Yet time and again in life we can see the truth of it, that struggle and opposition builds our strength when we push through and endure. How many times have you prayed…
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A Winning Attitude
Recently, my students have been facing a big test. There are real apprehensions and fears that normally occur with a test must be taken. Some people have such severe test anxiety that it causes them to shut down and not be able to focus or be successful on test. This is a very real problem. …
Devotions For Real Life 