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Tag Archives: suffering
Valleys
1 Kings 20:23, 27-28 “Meanwhile, the officials of the king of Aram advised him, ‘Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they were too strong for us. But if we fight them on the plains, surely we … Continue reading
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Tagged devotional, image, mountain, praise and worship, prayer, scripture, sorrow, suffering, transfiguration, valley
Choice from the Cross
Job 2:9-10 “[Job’s] wife said to him, ‘Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!’ He replied, ‘You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?’ In all this, … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, cross, crucifixion, devotional, hope, hymn, image, pain, prayer, scripture, sorrow, suffering
Clay Jars
Judges 7:19-21 “Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, clay, devotional, faith, gideon, image, jars of clay, music, prayer, scripture, strength, suffering, trust, weakness
Inheritance
1 Peter 1:3b-4a, 6 “In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade…In this you … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, devotional, hope, hymn, inheritance, inspirational, justice, perseverance, prayer, scripture, suffering
Limping
Genesis 32:24-26, 29b-31 “So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, brokenness, devotional, healing, jacob, jesus, prayer, scripture, suffering, verse
Furnace
Daniel 3:22-25 “The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and these three men, firmly tied, fell into the blazing furnace. … Continue reading
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Tagged devotional, distress, endurance, fiery furnace, hardship, indie christian music, overcoming, pain, prayer, scripture, suffering
Run
Isaiah 40:31 “…those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Hebrews 12:1-3 “Therefore, since we are surrounded … Continue reading
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Tagged cross of Christ, devotional, indie hymn, perseverance, prayer, renewal, run, scripture, strength, suffering, weariness
Resurrection
2 Kings 4:20, 25, 27a, 28, 30b, 34b “After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died…So she set out and came to the … Continue reading
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Tagged devotional, elisha, grief, healing, hope, inspiration, prayer, resurrection, scripture, suffering
Forty
Deuteronomy 8:2 “Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would … Continue reading
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Tagged desert places, devotional, forty years, humility, patience, prayer, suffering, temptation, trials
Prisoners of Hope
Genesis 39:20b-23 “But while Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favour in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those … Continue reading
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Tagged despair, devotional, hope, hymn, joseph, prayer, prisoner, prisoners of hope, scripture, suffering
