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Thy will be done: Jesus’ prayer as we suffer

“Mommy, put my favorite song on!” Knowing what our young granddaughter endured recently, grieving far more suffering and sudden death than many little ones, my Nana heart dissolved.  Tears of grief became tears of gratitude.  Our Lord had been answering my prayers all along, for my children and their children Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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When a daunting change lies before us

Are you staring toward a new and daunting change, a needed unknown? Something that seems far beyond your capacity to handle it? Our Lord just carried me through one as we quickly downsized from a three-story house to a one-floor apartment, and at times it felt like crossing the Jordan Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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What’s our song? A sovereign Protector I have

I’m dancing and leaping and praising God as I humbly thank Him for His healing, compassionate mercy. Another cancer scare ended today as the incredulous doctor twinkled, “It’s gone! It was there…and it’s gone!” A few days prior, I’d felt a warm compression on that very area, like someone pushing Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Battling discouragement with God’s Word

Singing Christ’s Hope has a new creative team from within our subscriber family! This week’s praise interruption is offered by our sister in Christ who has shared a “couraging-into” writing…”A Walk Behind Enemy Lines: Why Discouragement is the Enemy’s Most Effective Tool and How to Overcome It.” Our accompanying playlist Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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What can we sing when we fear more suffering?

David was afraid. Of course! Running for his life, leaving his loved ones and home behind, living off the land, he hid in fear of attack and death at the hands of his enemy. For 20 years, scholars say. Vulnerable. Humbled. Lonely. Living in darkness. Dependent on God’s grace. For Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Called…to rest in the LORD, for His glory

My husband and I were chatting with a young missionary couple who now deal with chronic illness, living in a foreign land. One of their prayer requests was to ask the Lord to ease the suffering body’s new need for rest…”in order to fulfill their calling.”  I blurted out something Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Jesus calls us, over the noise of this world

Jesus, As we suffer, ebbs and waves of tumult threaten to drown us. Noisy uproar. Words of online and media crowds that confuse our thoughts. Expectations pulling us under. Changes and unrest that seek to rob us of Your peace and joy. It all aims to tug us away from Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Compassionate care of Jesus in our suffering

I’ll never forget the compassionate care of the medical helper. She quietly entered my hospital room and touched my arm. “I’d like to give you a sponge bath.” After multiple nights of sweating through agonizing and intractable pain, after one of the most pain-full surgeries one can endure, her hushed Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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How can God redeem our suffering?

Many try to comfort me by telling me what they think God is up to as I suffer with remaining chronic illnesses and pain. They anticipate what He must be teaching me through this. They peer into the future and imagine how He must be working. They attempt to give Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Jesus, help me to put on my new identity as I suffer

I don’t talk much about my daily struggles with chronic illness and pain symptoms and all their wretched effects on everything, certainly not on social media or in my blogs. I constantly tell God all about them, crying to Him for help, relief, and wisdom to deal. Honest lament continues Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago

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