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Exodus 3:24-25

Exodus 3:24-25

  “During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the

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Isaiah 53:4

Isaiah 53:4

  Isaiah 53:4, “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.”   Jesus truly bore the griefs and the sorrows of His people’s “Today,” 2,000 years ago on Calvary. It was an actual, historic event….the griefs of all my life—and all yours if you are trusting in Him—were laid on, known by, and

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Isaiah 30:15

Isaiah 30:15

  Isaiah 30:15, “In returning and in rest you shall be saved; and in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”   When circumstances shatter the legs of Christ’s sheep, they do not rage at but rest on and trust in Him and so find salvation and strength–may it be so for us.  

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Hosea 2:15

Hosea 2:15

  Hosea 2:15, “…and I will make the Valley of Achor (“trouble”) a door of hope.” If we are in the One whose death has become glory in the light of His resurrection, then all of our “Valleys of Achor/Trouble” are pervaded by—and so become pathways to—hope. Long Thoughts:In Joshua 7:22-26, we see the stoning

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Hebrews 13:11

Hebrews 13:11

Hebrews 13:11, “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who have even trained by it.”   And, in Christ, this sin-searing, peace-creating discipline is always in love, never in wrath.

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