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Trials Are Not An Easy Thing By Lori Tremblay

Trials Are Not An Easy Thing - by Lori Tremblay This was written by my sister a couple of days ago. Guess she learned some wisdom along the way. Wise words, for sure. Trials are not an easy thing to go through. It seems as though the longer they last the harder it gets. Like a pressure pot, it builds and builds until it’s time to turn the heat off and allow the pressure to decrease without burning what’s inside the pot or having the pressure explode and all the contents of what is inside splatter everywhere and burn the outside of the pot. But praise the Lord, there is an end! Though I have not reached the end of these trials I am currently in, there are lessons that God is teaching me. One lesson above all the lessons the Lord is showing me is to keep my eyes on Jesus. Life is hard enough without the Lord but when our eyes are not fixated on our Saviour, that’s when the overwhelming floods of despair and feelings of defeat seem like they will overturn us. But they don’t because God IS...
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The Miracles Of Elijah And Elisha, Compared With Jesus

The Miracles Of Elijah And Elisha, Compared With Jesus For years I have been intrigued by the statement that Elisha performed twice as many miracles as Elijah because a double portion of God’s Spirit was upon Him.  2 Kings 2:9-11 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. I wondered if that was true, but some of the lists that I found were contradictory. Time to dig in deeper today. I found 7 miracles performed by Elijah and 14 by Elisha. Some have counted ot...
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Jesus Goes To Jacob’s Well

Jesus Goes To Jacob’s Well I have to admit that for many years, Jacob has been one of my favourite Bible characters. I love preaching about parts of his life, can really relate to the battle between the flesh and the Spirit, the battle between the old nature and the new nature. I love his fear of the Lord, love the covenant the Lord God made with him, the two camps (men and angels) we see in Genesis 32:1-2, his wrestling with the Angel of the Lord until the breaking of the day , and the transformation God made in his life. So much I can identify with. Last year, I got a new appreciation for him as a type of Christ as my Bible study group worked through the book of Genesis. I would love to share that with you today. Most of us are no doubt familiar with his story. If you need any reminders of the early part of his life and his interactions with his brother Esau and with his parents, please go back and read through Genesis chapters 25-27. Our study begins from the moment his parents deci...
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Completely Surrounded By God's Blessings

Completely Surrounded By God's Blessings Several months ago, my Bible study group and I noticed various phrases that indicated the true child of God, the believer that has trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation, is totally surrounded by God’s blessings on his life. This devotional is an attempt to glean from similar passages and see exactly what type of blessings our Heavenly Father has bestowed upon us. I do not know if there are any more similar phrases, but I found seven words or phrases along this theme. A. Prevent: The first one that comes to mind is from the Psalms: Psalms 21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness : thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines prevent as: “To go before; to precede; to favor by anticipation or by hindering distress or evil.” God’s goodness goes before God’s children, and prepares the way for many things He has in store for us. All the blessings we have from the Lord are because we ...
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