Tag: worry
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Daily Devotional: Genesis 33:1-17
Jacob expects enmity and hostility from Esau. After all, he stole Esau’s birthright and inheritance. Yet, Esau greets Jacob as a brother with no hostility toward him whatsoever. We often expect trouble as we go, so we, like Jacob, fret and prepare. We spend our rime worrying about the future, and the problems we perceive…
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God Owns Your Goliath
What if you could live a stress-free, worry-free life? I have a secret that isn’t so much of a secret… You can if you are in Christ. This is one of Christ’s many promises for His true children. While in the world, we worry because the world is worrisome. When in Christ, we come to…
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Still Tying to Force Your Problems Into Submission?
I am going to mention a few things. If you struggle against any of these things, please know that you are not alone, here. We have people in our congregation who have been through some tough fights in their lifetimes. We do not wish to condemn or look down on anyone because of the fight…
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What if We Really Believed the Storm Obeys Jesus?
Do you desire to see God work? I don’t know of any person who would answer this question with a “No.” Even the most sincere atheist would claim that if he or she could see God at work he would no longer be an atheist. Of course we desire to see God work! In the…
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There Is Only One Reason Christians Don’t Worry, and Only One Reason They Do
In the previous section of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5), we saw that Jesus addressed six popular teachings that were contrary to the actual message of the Old Testament after committing verbally to remaining faithful to the Old Testament Scriptures. The major way in which the Old Testament was misused, according to Jesus’…