Grace 809

Life turns every person upside down. No one escapes unscathed. Not the woman who discovers her husband is having an affair. Not the businessman whose investments are embezzled by a crooked colleague. Not the pastor who feels his faith shaken by questions of suffering and fear. We’d be foolish to think we’re invulnerable. But we’d be just as foolish to think that evil wins the day. The Bible vibrates with the steady drumbeat of faith. God recycles evil into righteousness.

Joseph, saddled with family rejection, slavery, and imprisonment, emerged triumphant—a hero of his generation. Among his final words to his brothers are these: “You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good.” It’s the repeated pattern in Scripture: evil, God, good. Trust God. God will make good out of this mess.

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British evangelist, J. John, explains how Jesus wants to heal our stories, no matter how broken things have been

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J.John explains why we need to take the Great Commission seriously and share Jesus Christ with our friends and neighbors in a ‘natural’ way. He encourages us to invest in others through prayer, small acts of caring, and by reaching across social barriers.

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You can’t control the weather. You aren’t in charge of the economy. You can’t un-wreck the car. But you can map out a strategy. Remember, God is in this crisis.

Ask God to give you two or three steps you can take today. Seek counsel from someone who’s faced a similar challenge. Ask friends to pray. Most importantly, make a plan. You’d prefer a miracle for your crisis? You’d rather see the stormy sea turned glassy calm in a finger snap? God may do this. Then again, he may say, “I’m with you. I can use this for good. Now let’s make a plan.”

God’s sovereignty doesn’t negate our responsibility. It empowers it. So don’t let the crisis paralyze you. Trust God to do what you can’t. Obey God, and do what you can.

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Adam and Tina delve into deeper topics, including their relationship dynamics and spirituality. Tina shares how God revealed to her that her disappointment over a missed event was tied to rejection issues. Adam discusses his recent software project and how it helped him understand AI. He also talks about the importance of rest and taking time for spiritual reflection.

J.John explains why we need to take the Great Commission seriously and share Jesus Christ with our friends and neighbors in a ‘natural’ way. He encourages us to invest in others through prayer, small acts of caring, and by reaching across social barriers.

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Calamities can leave us off balance and confused. Consider the crisis of Joseph’s generation as recorded in Genesis 47: “Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Canaan languished because of the famine” (Genesis 47:13 NKJV).

Joseph faced a calamity on a global scale. Joseph told his brothers, “God sent me before you to preserve life. For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. And God sent me before you” (Genesis 45:5-7 NKJV). Joseph began and ended his crisis with God. God preceded the famine; God would outlive the famine.

How would you describe your crisis? Do you recite your woes more naturally than you do heaven’s strength? You’re assuming God isn’t in the crisis; he is. Even a famine was fair game for God’s purpose.

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Loving and happy marriages are built on the simplest of things — commitment, accepting each other’s differences, selflessness, treating each other in an understanding way, and resiliency. Jim and Jean Daly and Greg and Erin Smalley share insights, humor and wonderful stories about what makes marriage work well.

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The word goodbye. This word may be the challenge of your life. How does a person get through raging loneliness, strength-draining  grief? The rest of the world has moved on; you ache to do the same. Take heart. God has served notice. All farewells are on the clock. “The Master himself will give the command. Archangel thunder! God’s trumpet blast! He will come down from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise. Then the rest of us who are still alive at the time will be caught up with them into the clouds to meet the Master. Oh, we’ll be walking on air. And there will be one huge family reunion with the Master. Reassure one another with these words!” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 MSG).

Revelation 21:4 promises, “He will wipe every tear from our eyes.” Isn’t this our hope? God has promised a restoration of all things. And that includes you.

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Loving and happy marriages are built on the simplest of things — commitment, accepting each other’s differences, selflessness, treating each other in an understanding way, and resiliency. Jim and Jean Daly and Greg and Erin Smalley share insights, humor and wonderful stories about what makes marriage work well.

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