spiritual warfare

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What a Friend we have in Jesus when suffering is strong

Lord Jesus, Precious Savior, The pain is strong today. So much of our suffering is invisible to others. As we suffer, what do You gently call to us into the wounding? Are we weak and heavy-laden,cumbered with a load of care?Precious Savior, still our refuge–take it to the Lord in Read more…

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Have Thine own way, Lord, when I’m filled with anxiety

God’s people panicked! God had led them into a place without body-sustaining water to drink, “according to the LORD’s command” (Ex. 17:1 CSB). In His will, with His presence, they again literally thirsted. It all followed His manna and quail miracle, His water miracle at Marah, and His miraculous rescue Read more…

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Blessed assurance in our gospel hope in Christ

Five years ago, obeying the clear voice of our Lord to create an online ministry of gospel hope alongside my suffering sisters in Christ, all of us under the weight of a frightening pandemic, this hymn rolled into my thoughts continually. It still is…even more so today! Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! Read more…

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face

Faithful Father, Because You are faithful, I can walk through this trial, even if You choose not to remove it on earth. Your promises hold me when my emotions and thoughts spiral. Suffering can bring such temptation to doubt Your love or to fall into sinful self-pity and bitterness toward Read more…

By Lauri Hogle, ago

Moving onward in the scary through our Helper

An engulfing cavern loomed below. A fall? Perhaps fatal. My family and I had no idea I’d need to climb steep stairs without handrails to see God’s spectacular creation on this birthday gift’s organized tour. Not yet physically able to hold myself up on stairs, only a few months into Read more…

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Oh, this full and precious peace…as we suffer

O the power of love divine! Who its heights and depths can tell – Tell Jehovah’s grand design, To redeem our souls from hell? (“I am His and He is Mine,” Robinson, W., 1890) What’s your redemption story? His gift of redemption or justification happened for me when I was Read more…

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Is it a mission impossible? With God, redemption found!

I’ve had many moments when I’ve felt so weak that my remaining time on earth feels like a mission impossible. In my body’s weakness, it’s given many extra hours for prayer and time in God’s Word.  It’s created time to ask our “mighty to save” LORD (Is. 63:1) to save Read more…

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Jesus, Refuge of the Weary

Are you tired too? I’m weary of ongoing physical suffering and incessant problems and losses in this fallen world. It easily threatens to take over my emotions and thoughts. A deeper weariness of sin’s temptations to bring me down. Lately, I’m desperate to take refuge in my union with Jesus. Read more…

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Escape suffering? Or dwell in God’s wonderful peace!

Sometimes, we just want the suffering to end. We just want it to be over so we can “live” again. But when it’s ongoing, chronic…we need God’s help…  to “dwell”…within it, with His peace. Sometimes, we try to run from it. We stuff it, pretend it’s not there, put on Read more…

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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The Lord has promised good to me

Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life,and I will dwell in the house of the Lordas long as I live (Ps. 23:6 CSB). All the days. This includes today, one of earthly suffering. The Lord has promised good to me. His Word, my hope secures. Read more…

By Lauri Hogle, ago

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