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Faith To Be Sick
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Faith To Be Sick

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A simple scroll through my Facebook page brought up three faces of friends dealing with serious health issues. They are each such testimonies of God’s grace as they weather the storms that are howling around them. My mind went immediately back to my Bible reading from this morning in the book of Job. You’re probably familiar with the successive and difficult trials that touched his life in a very short period of time. After his friends charge him wrongfully, Job speaks up and then says,

I can’t even imagine going through all Job experienced, or what my friends are enduring, but I’m so touched at the solid faith they have in their God. Of course they’re asking the Lord for deliverance, but I also see that they are asking God for “faith to be sick.” In other words, they desire the faith to trust God even though they cannot understand what He is doing. They don’t know how long this will last, or even if they’ll ever be cured. They desire to stay close and trusting the Lord, never denying or cursing Him.

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How a Rotisserie Chicken Became a Grace Gift
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How a Rotisserie Chicken Became a Grace Gift

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This week we encountered a simple little promo gesture on the behalf of Kroger, but it brought a sweet truth to our hearts. On our way home from Kentucky last week, we stopped at a Kroger store to pick up something at their Deli for a light supper. We found some sliced turkey in the deli and a package of Hawaiian rolls that would do nicely.

As we were finishing making our purchases at the self-checkout, a worker approached with a cart full of chicken. She said, “Would you like a free chicken? I have fried chicken or rotisserie.”

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I found myself sitting here, hands on computer keys, staring into the screen. How many minutes have passed?  My heart has been racing, my thoughts swirling as I try to lasso the questions in my mind and answer them with Truth.

A situation happened that has caused me to run back to the Word that I had just heard preached.  It was a simple, yet impassioned message – 

“For with God Nothing shall be impossible.”  Luke 1:37  Another reminder was –

“We are just pilgrims here. Our time is very short.” 

Our time is short. 
Our time to make a difference. 
Our time to reach the lost. 
Our time to lay up treasures in heaven. 

This also means that Satan’s time is short and he knows it.  He is busy.  His our enemy.  He hates us. he hates God.  He hates Christ. He hates the Truth we are tucking away in our hearts and sharing with others.  Why will I waste my time focusing on the problem? Instead I must turn my thoughts to Christ and His Word.

But with God nothing shall be impossible!  No conflict, no struggle, no need, no person, no trial, no sickness, no threat is too great for our God!  Praise the Lord for that truth that anchors our hearts when they are shaken!

What do you need to trust God for today? Be comforted that nothing is too hard for our God and remember that your time is short on this earth. Rather than focusing on the problem, look at Jesus.

Believing the God of the impossible,

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Making Spiritual Connections

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A friend just told you how the Lord provided for her financial needs.  A man at church shared a testimony of how God healed him of cancer.  You hear of a friend whose childbirth was miraculous.  You see the softening in the heart of someone who needs to be saved.  Then a trial hits your life and you wonder where the Lord is.

Ever been there?  I know twelve men who have.  The disciples.  Just after they had seen Jesus provide food for 5,000+ people with 5 loaves and 2 fish, they were on a storm-tossed sea .  Jesus walked out to them on the water and they were scared even more of who this might be!  Then Jesus revealed Himself to them and calms the sea and the disciples are amazed, “For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.” In other words, they didn’t make the connection from what they had witnessed earlier to their own situation!  If Jesus could do a miracle with the loaves and fish, He could calm the sea.  Make the connection, disciples!

Jesus healed the cancer, provided the finances, brought the baby in a miraculous delivery, and drew the lost person’s heart toward the Gospel…and maybe He allowed you to see all that so you would trust Him to intervene in your situation, too!  He wants us to “make the connection” between what we witness and what’s going on in our own lives!  The connection can also be the Truths He shows us in His Word.  Our God is the same today as He was then!

Stop and consider what you saw God do just this past weekend.  Now, what does that do for your heart when you look at your life and what you’re dealing with?  Make the connection and trust Him!

Lovingly,