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True Friends

How many of us would give up our week, to mourn with a friend? Or not say anything for that whole week. We are a shallow people, rarely having the skill or ability to really mourn or rejoice with others.

Job 2:13 (ESV)

Trials and Tribulations

Very few people experience the level of tragedy that Job experienced. Even more unusual was that the tragedies occurred all in the same day; maybe even in the same hour! And Job was grieved. Distraught.…

Job 1:20 (ESV)

Responding to Life's Challenges - Update

In the previous note, I wrote that Hezekiah may have been afraid. However, this passage in 2 Chronicles, shows that he was not. He was fully confident in the Lord's power. I love that God shows us different…

2 Chronicles 32:7 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 32:8 (ESV)

Responding to Life's Challenges

The king of Assyria approached Hezekiah in the same way the enemy approaches us: full of confidence, with evidence of victorious. The attack is intended to make us doubt who our God really is; make us…

2 Kings 19:10 (ESV), 2 Kings 19:11 (ESV), 2 Kings 19:12 (ESV), 2 Kings 19:13 (ESV), 2 Kings 19:14 (ESV), 2 Kings 19:15 (ESV), 2 Kings 19:16 (ESV), 2 Kings 19:17 (ESV), 2 Kings 19:18 (ESV), 2 Kings 19:19 (ESV)

Living Love Letter

We are the love letters of God. We tell of His love and His desire for us. We show others His love through our actions. We Re-Present Christ. We die to our selfish desires so that the love of God, exemplified…

2 Corinthians 5:20 (ESV)

Holiness

God's plan for us is not to be happy, but to be holy (1 Peter 1:16). Ironically, in becoming holy (whole-me), we become joyful. Seek God's way first, and He will make sure that we are completely taken…

The Two Commandments

There were approximately 600 commandments or rules. This man accurately summed them up into two. Despite his knowledge, he wanted to justify his behavior. If you want to know if you're pleasing God, just…

Luke 10:27 (ESV)

The Representatives

The world, the temptation of sin, Satan- whatever you call it- operates exactly how wine was served. You get all the good stuff up front until you're intoxicated. Discernment is lost and you're just as…

John 2:10 (KJV)