Blessings

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God promises to give me endurance and strength! Abundant life!

Holy God and loving Father, this is one of Your most lavish promises to me as I suffer: This is Your promised abundant life, Your promised endurance and strength! When Jesus tells us He came so that we might have abundant life (Jn. 10:10),  I realize that Your promise to Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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My richest gain, I count but loss, Lord of love

Downsizing fifteen minutes at a time this summer, going through bins and boxes of artifacts and mementos saved from childhood, I saw progressions of meaning in what I valued most.  What I “worshipped.” So many idols.  Yet I also see that God was loving me, drawing me to Himself before Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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In the loneliness pit? Christian, we’re never, ever alone!

I thank God for the new creative team of Singing Christ’s Hope, made up of sisters in Christ, subscribers who understand. Like Jenise, who shares today… Have you ever felt alone? Utterly alone? Believe me, I’ve been in what I call the “loneliness pit.” I felt trapped, and I saw 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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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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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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The blessings of God’s unchanging favor, anchored sure

The post reflects on the courage and faith of Christians who also sacrificed their lives for their country, emphasizing the comfort of Jesus’s love and grace amid suffering. It encourages believers to sing praises and find hope in their relationship with Christ, despite trials, while affirming eternal salvation through His righteousness and unchanging favor.

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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How firm a foundation, producing abundant fruit of suffering

We’re moving to a smaller and more manageable one-story home this week. Our Lord made it clear to my husband and me that it’s time for this change. God has helped me quickly downsize and prune possessions from 39 years of marriage, raising children, and a multifaceted music career. The house Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Romans 8 “Love Divine,” as we both suffer

Love Divine, all loves excelling, As I pray for my suffering sisters in Christ, Your Romans 8 love songs fill my heart.  Your love is far stronger than our tribulation. It continues steadfast when our own weakens, in our constant distress, with every ache in this fallen world of sin.  Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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The blessing of Jesus Himself, within the suffering

Begone, unbelief, my Savior is near… (“Begone, Unbelief, My Savior is Near,” Newton, J., p. d. Sing to the tune of “O, Worship the King!”) Into my fears. Into the tempter’s sneer that You aren’t with me, Emmanuel. That this suffering must mean You’re not pleased with me.  And for Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago

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