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April
20, 2006
"All Sunshine + No Clouds = Dry Desert"
Van Walton
Director of Spanish Ministries, Proverbs 31 Speaker Team Member
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Reflection
Points:
Name some people you know who have experienced a few 'storms' throughout their lives. Aren't these the people with character and depth that you admire?
During troubling times who would you rather turn to for wise direction and warm comfort? I seek out those whose faith has been tried and tested in the same areas where I am struggling.
2 Corinthians 1:3-7 addresses suffering and comforting. It is a good thing to know that God will use my trials, the storms in my life, to help others journey through life's struggles.
Power
Verses:
Job 23:10, "But He knows the way that I take. When He has tried me, I will come out as gold." (NLV)
Matthew 7:25, "And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock." (ESV)
Romans 5:3-5, "…we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us." (NIV)
2 Corinthians 4:8, "We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don't give up and quit." (NLT)
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