Many of us fear abandonment. In the Bible, we read of a woman named Mary who felt abandoned by Jesus.
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A believer in Christ was sitting next to an elderly man on the bus. He struck up a conversation with the older gentleman and eventually asked him if he was a Christian. “No!” the man replied. “I have had a negative experience with Christians. They treated me badly.” Perplexed the Christian asked, “But sir, has Jesus Christ treated you badly?” “Certainly not,” the old man replied. Then he realized that he had no quarrel with God; it was men who had let him down.
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Are you afraid of not being enough? There’s a famous chapter in the Bible – Proverbs 31 – which describes the ideal woman. As I read through it I think, “Well, I’ll never be like that.” I end up feeling discouraged, and full of self-criticism.
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We have all felt the pain of a broken promise. It really hurts to be let down, especially by the people we love. I have felt that pain. I have also felt the terrible remorse and regret of being the one who broke a promise.
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Once when the disciples of Jesus were out at sea in the middle of a storm, Jesus came to them, walking on the water. He said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” Shortly after that, as Jesus got into the boat, the wind died down. But it was while the storm was raging that Jesus told them not to be afraid. Why? Because He was with them.
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I love to read the stories in the Bible, of Jesus dealing with women who were hurting. There was a woman who was full of demons, a woman who had five husbands, a woman who had been bleeding for 12 years, a woman who had been accused of adultery, a woman grieving her brother, a woman grieving her only son. Jesus dealt with each one with compassion.
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If Jesus came walking down your street would you recognize Him?
The Bible, in Isaiah 53, says: “There was nothing attractive about him, nothing to cause us to take a second look. He was looked down on and passed over, a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand.”
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Are you afraid of not being enough? I really struggle with that in full disclosure to you amazing friends out there.
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Hope is a common word. We use it often. “I hope it doesn’t rain.” “I hope this cake turns out okay.” We use it for important things as well: “I hope my son gets the job.” “I hope the cancer goes away.”
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When Jesus was here on the earth, He did many miracles. Lots of people wanted to get close to Him only because of what He could do for them. They were not as interested in who He was, or how they could give God glory – but were hungry for the bread He multiplied and the healing that came from His touch. But we learn a lot about who Jesus is through what He did.
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Jay loved hanging out with his dad. They would go to the bar in the evening to talk and drink. But one night Jay drank a few too many beers. As he drove home, going too fast, he hit a train. His dad was killed instantly.
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Real love is hard to define and hard to recognize; often we accept counterfeits. Some people think they can identify love by the strong emotion they feel. I don’t agree with that. If I loved only when I felt like it, I would not love often.
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Don was a 65-year-old man who had battled alcoholism pretty much all his life. Years of hard living was written all over him. Then at age 64 he finally received Jesus Christ as his Savior. Don knew that he had been forgiven, but he still lived with a bit of doubt.
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There is a beautiful story in the Bible about a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered through many unsuccessful treatments, and had spent all she had on doctors.
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Many people seem to have deleted the words “sin” and “guilt” from their vocabulary. In doing so, they have made the word “forgiveness” meaningless.
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We all have a compulsion to protect ourselves and the people we love. We crave safety and security. But even if you were the richest person alive, you could not guard against every danger and difficulty.
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Recent circumstances in our world have left many of us feeling so out of control.
There is an amazing account in the Bible of Jesus in a boat on a lake with His friends. In the soothing motion of the boat, Jesus, a man at peace, fell asleep.
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One of the things I remember from childhood ballet lessons is that when you’re spinning, you have to fix your eyes in one direction or else you will lose your balance.
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When I was a boy I came home from school one day to learn that my mother had been diagnosed with cancer and would be having surgery immediately. I felt as though life had just become desperately unstable, but my parents turned to God in the midst of their distress.
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Think about the friends that you spend the most time with. Now, how many of those people do not follow Jesus?
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