podcast · trials

Running From God, Part 2

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What difference would come to your situation if you stood face to face with Christ and talked with Him about it? Hagar was a woman who was desperate and alone, and decided that the best thing to do was to leave – to flee! She ran away from Sarai and Abram into the wilderness. This is where He often finds many of us – alone and in the wilderness. But rest assured, He will find you. He knows all about our past as well as our future.

How many of us are running away and have “run into God”? (Nahum 1:7) We run from:

  • Unfair treatment or words
  • Hardships
  • Difficult marriage – Sometimes just in our spirits, but we’re “absent”
  • People that disagree with us
  • Bad memories
  • Reality
  • Church
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podcast · trials

The Consequences of Trying to Control Our Circumstances

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Have you ever wished you could just run away? Ever wanted to be done with the hardships you’re facing? We read in Scripture of a woman who didn’t just want to run – she did it!

In Genesis 16 we read about Hagar, a woman who was caught in a difficult situation. There is a struggle happening because Sarai had gotten impatient with God as she waited for Him to give her and Abram a son.

What do we often do when we get tired of waiting? Improvise!

We cannot mix faith and flesh. Warren Wiersbe

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