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Isaiah 40:31. But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. Search the Bible at BibleGateway. I decided to become an astrophysicist at the age of eight. I read all the physics and astronomy books in the children’s section of my library. My family supported my voracious appetite for knowledge. My teachers assigned me lots of extra-curricular projects in the social sciences, which eventually sparked my spiritual quest. In my last year of high school, I studied the Thirty Years’ War for one extra project. I wondered why the Catholics and Protestants shed so much blood over trivial doctrine. I posed tough questions to my teacher, who sent me off to the library to read books on comparative religions. Read More... Tunnel Vision. In 1971, the troubles in Northern Ireland were increasingly becoming a danger to me and to my six children. We listened to horror stories of suffering every day on the radio. Our personal horror story came the night I was attacked by two gunmen. One beat me while asking me questions about someone’s whereabouts. Although I wasn’t a Christian, I silently prayed for God to help me. Read More...
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Home Communications Sermons On The Bottom Looking Up
| On The Bottom Looking Up |
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| Written by Associate Pastor Wayne Durden |
| Monday, 31 March 2008 00:00 |
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1 Samuel 27:1-7 Have you ever been there, sure you have, on the bottom looking up? We got a card the other week in the mail and one of the things said to us in this card was, “When everything else fails, God is enough.” David was tired of being chased, for eight years Saul pursued him. David began to despair about his future, he was experiencing a faith failure, remember now he was God’s leader but his trust faltered. Isn’t this how we feel sometimes, we know about God’s promises, read (2 Cor. 1:20) but sometimes our faith wavers.
Fortunately there’s a way back from the bottom focusing on the Lord can and will lead us out of discouragement and back in to His presence. Be honest with yourself if you need to repent do it, if you need to confess lack of faith, or trust, the list could be endless do it. God’s a good God, recall His faithfulness to you, center your attention on Him instead of your troubles, let’s ask the Holy Spirit for help (Mark 9:24). Repentance – Recall – Reflection – Remembrance – Resolve, let’s determine to walk on the road that leads upward to God. With Much Love, Pastor Durden
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