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I wrote this August 18, 2022, in the height of my almost-5 year affliction. It was submitted as a devotional for publication, but I put...

At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of...

I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.  Isaiah 48:10  KJV   At first glance, my eyes focus on affliction, because it is a world...

This blog was written in the second year of my affliction in March 2022. (I was injured in early February 2020 and that lasted until...

Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT It's the word all...

I am still confident I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 NIV   It was Thursday, October 24, 2024...

For the LORD has heard my weeping.  The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.  Psalm 6:8b-9  NIV I long for the...

To whom be glory forever.  Amen.  Romans 11:36b What is it about suffering that causes it to be about pain and agony?  Maybe the pain and...

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.  Isaiah 26:3 (NLT) Peace can be allusive,...

They will celebrate your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of your righteousness.  Psalm 145:7  (NIV) Monday, February 5, 2024, will be...

And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not...

Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. Hebrews...

He (Jesus) went on a little farther and fell to the ground. Mark 14:35 (NLT) I have written about this before. In fact, the date is...

Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days. The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses. Isaiah 35:1...

Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction; your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes...

(Jesus said) “He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” John 8:47 (NIV)...

A week filled with the realization affliction is long and has a tenacious hold on me and then to wake up to this verse as God’s promise...

Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the...

On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said,...

And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now...