A moment of stillness (5).

God deserves our trust. They received help against these enemies because they cried out to God in battle, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. He was receptive to their prayer because they trusted in him. 1 Chronicles 5:20 We often rob ourselves of the help we desperately need because…

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A moment of stillness (4).

Reconsecration. Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength according to all the law of Moses, and no one like him arose after him. 2 Kings 23:25 Josiah was a different kind of king. Most of…

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A moment of stillness (3).

The God that relents. “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the Lord’s temple.’” 2 Kings 20:5 This is a…

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A moment of stillness (2).

The honest truth. This disaster happened because the people of Israel sinned against the Lord their God who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt and because they worshiped other gods. 2 Kings 17:7 God allowed His people to be taken into exile because they sinned against Him by…

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When everything is taken away.

Surprised by God’s all-sufficient presence. I know these times have been tough for all of us. For some, the globally-spread virus has taken the life of souls you knew or dearly loved and the emptiness left behind feels unbearable. For others, maybe it means the loss of a job or the lack of the certainty…

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Longing for justice.

Why does God allow evil people to prosper? I think we all struggle at one point or another to trust that God is good in the midst of the evil that so often surrounds us on a daily basis. Lately, I’ve come face to face with the wickedness of sinful people and I can’t help…

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