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Winning the Battle of Life - Long Suffering Brings Unexpected Favor

Read Mark 5:21-34 Have you ever prayed and prayed for something and God didn’t do what you wanted him to do? Are you hoping for something sincerely and somehow it seems as though it is never going to happen? I have prayed for a lot of things to be done over the years and a lot of my prayers have been answered. However, I have prayed for things and have waited and waited for it to become a reality in my life and others and it has not as of yet. I have had unfilled expectations, people have disappointed me and let me down. I have given financially, physically, mentally and emotionally just to learn that the person(s) I gave to only wants to continue to take, take and take more. Yes I have had unfilled expectations, but I have also experienced wonderful unexpected favor. “On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he cal...

Winning the Battle of Assurance - You are not forgotten

Have you every prayed and prayed for something and God didn’t do what you wanted him to do? Have you ever hoped for something sincerely and somehow it seemed as though it was never going to happen. Have you been like David and cried out as he did in Psalm 13, “O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way? How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand? Turn and answer me, O Lord my God! Restore the light to my eyes or I will die? Many times whether you are single or married; rich or poor, we can feel as though God has forgotten us; forsaken us. And, maybe because your prayers have not been answered you have given up. But, the Father sent me to tell you He has not forgotten you and He will never forsake you. You are not forgotten! You are Not Forsaken! When people believe that they are forgotten or forsaken they become depressed and angry. But, sometimes our...