Diligently Seeking Blog
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Preaching to Yourself: Finding Hope & Comfort in the Pain, Part 2
Why are you in despair, O my soul, And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, For the help of His presence. —Psalm 42:3-5 (NASB) Last week we talked about how preaching to ourselves in difficult times can help us find...
Preaching to Yourself: Finding Hope & Comfort in the Pain, Part I
My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?” These things I remember, As I pour out my soul: How I would go with the throng And lead them in procession to the house of God With glad shouts and songs of...
Praying Like Hannah
[Hannah], greatly distressed, prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. She made a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I...
God’s Love: The Unbreakable Love We’re All Looking For
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 1 John 4:18 (NASB) In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: “Do not fear; Zion, let not your hands be weak. The LORD your God...
Jesus’s Last Lecture
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:34-35 On September 18, 2007, a professor named Randy...
The Blessing of Being Poor in Spirit
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. —Matthew 5:3 Yesterday morning, my small group leader taught an entire lesson on Matthew 5:3, the first beatitude. It’s a grand total of thirteen words in English and only six words in the original...
