Tag: trust
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God Never Said… “I’ll Never Give You More than You Can Handle” (2 Corinthians 1:8-10)
The phrase “God will never give you more than you can handle” sounds comforting—but it isn’t true. Scripture tells a better story. Again and again, God’s people find themselves overwhelmed, exhausted, and at the end of their strength. Not because God has abandoned them, but because He is teaching them where real strength comes from.…
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Day 012: Just When You Think You’ll Get Some Answers… (Job 31:40-32:5)
Just when Job finally stops talking—and his three friends fall silent—we expect God to speak. Instead, another voice steps forward. Elihu’s long speech reminds us how often life works this way: just when we think the answers are finally coming, they don’t. Silence stretches on. Hope gets postponed. And we’re left waiting, wondering when resolution…
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Treasuring the Master (Mark 12:38-44)
Between corruption and collapse, a poor widow dropped two small coins into a temple that was already dying. Jesus saw her gift—not for its size, but for its surrender. This message explores how her quiet act of faith foreshadows the cross and calls us to give with the same trust, courage, and love.
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Day 011: When We Don’t Feel as Close as We Used To (Job 29:2-4)
When we don’t feel as close to God as we used to, it’s easy to assume He’s the one who moved. Job felt that distance deeply—and he measured it by the loss of respect and honor from the people around him. But the book of Job reminds us of a steady truth we’re prone to…
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Day 290: Was Peter Faithful or Faithless? (Matthew 14:21-32)
Most of us read Peter’s walk on water as a story of failure. But what if it’s actually a story of faithfulness? Peter obeyed Jesus’ call, stepped out of the boat, and cried to the right Person for help. Sometimes “little faith” still walks further than no faith at all.
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Day 283: Consider the Birds and the Lilies: A Lesson From My Own Backyard (Matthew 6:26-30)
God’s provision is all around us—sometimes right outside our back door. Watching the sunflowers in my garden has reminded me to keep my face turned toward the Son.