Yesterday, I became acutely aware that I am under attack. Sometimes Satan tips his hand and shows himself. We clearly see what he is up to.
Have you ever felt under attack?
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John 11:35 is the shortest verse of the Bible but one of the most profound for those of us who want to know Him more deeply and intimately. It says simply, “Jesus wept.”
We gain deep and revealing insight into the heart of Jesus from this passage. Because He knows what it is to shed tears from a broken heart, He understands our tears .
And Jesus cares about your tears. Hundreds of years before this touching scene, a psalmist wrote:
8 You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
o me, some of the most poignant words in all the Bible are David’s cry of grief upon hearing the news of his son’s death. This son who had betrayed him, tried to steal his throne, brought so much grief to the family for years was the object of so much love and grief and loss that you can hear it in his father’s gut-wrenching cries:
4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
Read MoreOne of the most convicting stories in the Bible for me personally is the story of Mary and Martha. These two women, along with their brother Lazarus, were some of Jesus’ dearest friends.
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Jesus was a revolutionary. He changed the world, yet He was respectful to authorities (Romans 13:1-7) and supported the laws of His country like paying taxes ( Matthew 17: 24-27.) He was bold and courageous when it was needed but knew when to be silent and stand mute if that were wiser.
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Have you ever felt like crying out to God because He seemed to be asleep at the wheel of your life? Have you ever felt He surely could not be tuned in to what is going on with you because you were hurting or terrified or heartbroken? Then you are like those closest to Him, his disciples, when they called out to Him, ““Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”
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There is a moment in my future that I anticipate with so much delight that I cannot express how wonderful it is. I can barely contain my excitement when I allow myself to think about it.
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By now you may have figured out that I have two guilty pleasures.
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Later this year, I will devote several weeks to the topic of prayer, but I feel it is important to share now something God showed me recently. You see, I have been contacted by so many people lately who feel they are not hearing from God regarding an issue they have long prayed about, and He did something recently that encouraged me deeply about praying without seeing evidence of results. I am writing this in February. This has been a month of brutal cold, interspersed with a rare day here and there in the 60s and 70s.
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