Posts tagged hopeless
Do You Feel Forgotten By God?

When I was reading my Bible yesterday, I spent some time studying a passage from Luke chapter 7. In this particular passage, Luke describes the time when John the Baptist sends messengers to ask Jesus if He is really the Messiah, or if they should be waiting for someone else. To be honest, I’ve skimmed through this passage a lot in the past. I know I’ve read it, but I’ve never really studied it, until yesterday. And as I dove deeper into this story, my heart started to break for John the Baptist in a way it never had before. His humanity became so evident to me in this story, and it encouraged me in one way and saddened me in another.

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10 Verses For When You're Feeling Hopeless

My word for the year 2020 was “hope.” The Lord usually gives me my word for the upcoming year in the fall and that year was no different. In the middle of October of 2019, I had begun to see a pattern. The word “hope” was popping up everywhere. And I’ve learned that when God repeats Himself like that, I need to pay attention.

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10 Verses For When You’re Wondering If God Is Going To Come Through

As I’m writing this, Kevin and I are in the car on our way to Kentucky. It’s raining, the sky dark enough to make you think the sun has already gone down, even though I know it hasn’t. We’re about 45 minutes from our hotel, and I’ve been praying the same prayer silently in my head over and over throughout the entire seven-and-a-half-hour drive…Lord, please let us find a house this weekend.

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10 Verses For When You're Feeling Hopeless

My word for the year 2020 was “hope.” The Lord usually gives me my word for the upcoming year in the fall and that year was no different. In the middle of October of 2019, I had begun to see a pattern. The word “hope” was popping up everywhere. And I’ve learned that when God repeats Himself like that, I need to pay attention.

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