Tag: affliction
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Through Many Afflictions Saul and Joseph return to Antioch
What afflictions, which tribulations will we suffer for our witness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? ~AD 49 – a return journey [Just a reminder that Paul is a more local name for Saul from Tarsus beyond the imposing Guyik and Taurus mountains and many brothers address Joseph of the island of Cypress by his…
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COVID – the Affliction of Social Distancing – 2
Affliction Our hearts in this year of our Lord 2021 still struggle with the affliction of COVID and restless crowds of displaced people displaced from work. All the world suffers a great loss of normalcy as we cry out, “HOW?” COVID – the Affliction of Social Distancing – 1 + talk of Jesus .com Even…
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COVID – the Affliction of Social Distancing
Solomon’s Jerusalem – the end of an era Until the death of Solomon in 931 B.C., a glorious city of Jerusalem overlooked a great empire blessed by the LORD God, but then the politics of Israel divided the great land. In just a few generations Israel (Samaria) succumbed in 722 B.C. and Judah when Jerusalem…
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Days of Despair
In Christ we have a Light of hope in a season of our dark despair. Job 30: 16 “And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me. 17 The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest. Have you ever had a bad time in life like…
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Resh
Psalm 119 English Standard Version (ESV) Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet Resh 153 Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law. 154 Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise! Sickness is a terrible thing, is it not? Yet affliction is much more than just…
