This is Joseph. A man battered by the circumstances of life, yet someone who grew to understand a very powerful Truth. In the midst of all he experienced, Joseph chose to trust in the sovereignty of God. As his faith grew, Joseph knew that whatever happened in life, whatever circumstances came, his Lord would use it for good.
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“Do you really love me?” “Where is justice?” These questions became the basis of disputes between the nation of Israel and God. And maybe, if we are honest, similar outcries appear at the core of our own disputes with the Lord. We grapple with the difficult parts of life, and we begin to question the Author if it.
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Is victory worth considering selfish pursuits and ungodly choices? Is hope in the promises of God worth letting go of broken expectations? Is dwelling with the God who calls and chooses us worth giving up self reliance?
Did God’s people respond to their calling? What will Israel do? What will we do?
Just like Israel, we have been called and chosen. What could change in our lives if we would accept God’s choosing and calling on our lives?
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If we are honest, none of us are quite as whole as we want to be. And while we feel the gaps and cracks within, we still have lives that stretch out before us which we must navigate. Lives that would benefit from us being complete and strong. Lives that call for capable women who stand on their own two feet and are a part of something greater than any one of us: Christ’s Church.
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None of us are immune to the painful things of life - hurt ebbs and flows for each of us. We brandish the scars of things we have survived in the past. We sit in the dark spaces of our present looking for a way to pass through. And we brace for the future, knowing there will be trials ahead. Dealing with the difficult is part of what it means to be human.
And if pain is to make up a portion of our lives, how do we journey through it well? Is there a way to learn to handle not only the epic and far reaching tragedies, but also the small and private sorrows?
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There are questions innate to human existence. They lurk there, deep in our psyches, rearing their ugly heads at the times we are most vulnerable.
Who am I? What is my purpose? What am I supposed to be doing in life?
As we walk through the Psalms we will see that we can experience every piece of life, we can feel all the feels, and that God will walk us through each of them, bringing us back to Himself. What security and joy comes from being shepherded by the great and glorious God of the universe, who cares so deeply about our every moment!
Most of us move throughout this Christian life weighing out a list of dos and don’ts, fearful of those missteps that take us far from the God we love. We take stock of our thoughts, words, and actions. We weigh and measure our moments, and for many of us, we feel like we fall short of where we should be.
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We put freedom and constraint on opposite ends of a spectrum, and the world seems to push us to one extreme or the other. It seems as if it is impossible to feel free when dealing with the responsibilities of everyday life.
The story of Jonah and the whale is a classic Biblical tale. But do we know more than the fact that this man spent a few nights in the belly of a big fish?
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Walking in the life we’ve been given is not for the weak or weary. It takes strength and courage to grapple with the mundanity of daily routine, the happiness that seems to be overshadowed by circumstances, and the hard things that always seem to catch us by surprise.
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Most of us want to come to the end of our days with a life well lived and well loved. But how do we accomplish this feat? How do we take what we have been given in life and position ourselves for success?
The answer is Wisdom! And it can be ours.
James, the brother of Jesus, lived long ago, but he left us with a guide to understand Faith in this epistle with the same name. He communicated in his letter that Faith isn’t just an internal idea, but a concrete, visible state of mind that is evidenced by what we choose to do with our lives.
Faith leads to Action.
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Join us in this seven week study of the books of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John, and we will learn: That God wants us to be assured in our salvation and eternity. To identify light from dark, sinfulness from righteousness. How to be a confident believer. That God is love, and He wants us to love others. What it means to have a testimony. To look out for deceivers and their lies. How to walk in the Truth of the Gospel.
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Have you ever found yourself at the brink of decision? Maybe you’ve felt pushed and pulled by the demands of many, and confusion and fear have paralyzed you from action. Or you’ve felt the pressure of having to have your life totally figured out, while, ironically, your expectations keep being unfulfilled.
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