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Try to Remember

Comfort, Deuteronomy 4:9, God With Us, God's Faithfulness, God's Love, Meditation, Remembering, Reminders, Thinking, Thought life, Trials

How good is your memory? Do you walk into a room and forget why you came there in the first place? We memorize things…

The Church is His Bride

2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Bride of Christ, Bridgroom, Challenges in Life, Church is the Bride, Comfort, Discomfort, Hard times, Isaiah 62:5, Jeremiah 2:2, John 3:29, Matthew 11:28-30, Revelation 19:7-9, Revelation 21:2, Romans 8:26-28

In J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, a character named Aragorn is finally crowned as the rightful king. “But when Aragorn…

Uncomfortable Miracles

Acts 3:16, Comfort, Discomfort, Faith, Healing, Jeremiah 32:27, Job 5:8-9, Luke 18:27, Matthew 19:26, Miracle, Mystery, New Life, Order, Rules, Transformation

“Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It’s true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens take comfort…

Transformative Empathy

1 Peter 3:15, Acts 1:8, Comfort, Community, Empathy, Evangelism, Galatians 2:20, Kindness, Love, Mark 16:15, Prayer, Romans 1:16, Sharing, Support, Witness

In the May 2015 issue of Christianity Today, Richard Clark highlighted an emerging group of Christian video game-makers who were rising to prominence. Two…

On The Other Side

2 Corinthians 4:8-10, Comfort, God's Healing, God's Love, God's power, James 1:2-4, John 16:33, Loss, Preaching, Revelation 21:4, Romans 5:3-5, Suffering, Suicide, Sustain, Tragedy

When Rick Warren preached his first sermon after the suicide of his son, Matthew, the world was watching. Hearing how the pastor talked about…

Colliding Stories

1 Corinthians 1:18, Boast, Comfort, Crucifixion, Galatians 2:20, Glory, Hebrews 12:2, John 3:16, Pain, Pleasure, Power, Resurrection, Romans 8:1, The Cross, Wisdom

“Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to…

Hope Is Powerful

1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Timothy 1:1, 1 Timothy 4:10, 1 Timothy 6:17, Colossians 1:23, Comfort, Failure, God's Love, Grace, Hebrews 6:19, Hope, Hopeful, Peace, Purpose, Titus 1:2, Titus 3:7, Unfailing Love

Hope is powerful. In this clip from the film To End All Wars, prisoners of war tell us just how important hope is to…

The Stockdale Paradox

2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Comfort, Confidence, Endurance, Isaiah 40:29-31, Joy, Perseverance, Psalm 119:50, Psalm 22:24, Psalm 23:4, Running The Race, Seeking Truth, Suffering, Trust

In this video (3 minute mark), Dr. Dennis Charney explains the “Stockdale Paradox,” a way of thinking that acknowledges the challenge being faced while…

Adversity

2 Timothy 3:12, Acts 4:20, Adversity, Comfort, Isaiah 43:2, James 1:12, Joy, Luke 9:23-25, Overcoming, Redemption, Suffering, Trial, Trusting God, Victory, Witness

“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.” – Billy Graham The Lord is able to redeem difficult situations…

When Trials Come

1 Peter 4:12, 1 Peter 5:10, Comfort, Faith, God's Faithfulness, James 1:12, James 1:2-8, John 16:33, Love, Refine, Remembrance, Suffering, Trials, Trusting God, Witness

“When trials come no longer fear For in the pain our God draws near To fire a faith worth more than gold And there…

Sharing Grief

Comfort, Consistency, Death, Grief, John 14:1, Kindness, Lamenting, Loss, Matthew 5:4, Mourning, Presence, Psalm 147:3, Psalm 34:18, Revelation 21:4, Support

In a memorial service for five slain Dallas police officers, former President George W. Bush spoke, saying, “Those of us who love Dallas and…

Forgotten Truth

1 Peter 4:1, 1 Peter 5:10, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Comfort, Faithful, Pain, Philippians 3:10, Remember, Restoration, Romans 5:3-4, Romans 8:18, Romans 8:35, Scripture Memorization, Suffering

In the film The Fellowship of the Ring, the elf queen Galadriel says, “And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost….

A Poured Out Life

1 Timothy 6:18, Comfort, Devotion, Generosity, Giving, James 2:5, John 12, Luke 12:21, Luke 12:34, Matthew 13:45, Matthew 5, Money, Poor, Proverbs 16:8, Purpose, Sacrifice, Wealth, Worship

In an article titled “When Wasting Your Life Is Worship,” Jon Bloom compares how Mary and Judas each responded to Jesus in John 12….

Thy Will

2 Corinthians 1:3-8, Broken-Hearted, Comfort, Comforter, Galatians 3:6-9, Genesis 15:6-10, Hope, Hurting, Jeremiah 29:11, John 12:37-43, Loss, Pain, Psalm 147:3, Psalm 23, Psalm 33:4-6, Psalm 34:18, Revelation 21:4, Suffering

The idea of trusting God despite the pains of are echoed in the hit song “Thy Will” by Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott. The singer-songwriter…

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