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From Fear to Praise

Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt while Pharaoh pursued them. Feeling trapped by the Red Sea when the Israelites saw the Egyptians approaching, they were afraid. They provoked God by crying out that they should have stayed in Egypt rather than journey to the Promise Land. They were confident that they were going to die. Then God parted the Red Sea, and they crossed over on dry ground. Once all the Israelites had crossed, God caused the Red Sea to return to normal, and all the Egyptians were drowned. “Then they believed His words; they sang His praise.” (Ps. 106:12 NKJV).
Now don’t be so hard on those Israelites. We have done the same thing. We have been serving God faithfully, and then something happens. You get that dreaded phone call. The doctor says the word, “cancer”. Something has caused you great fear.

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Why Does God Allow Evil?

Shots fired. Another policeman falls dead. A business burns to the ground. Protests escalate. Angry people hurt others. Evil runs ramped. Home invasions and pandemics never cease. Inflation races on. Uncontrolled unemployment continues. Short supplies stir up panic. This is our world, and nobody likes it.

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If You are the Daughter of God

Each morning, we pull on a shirt and a pair of pants, but we neglect to dress in the most important piece of our outfit. The belt of truth. Like me, you might wonder how we actually adorn ourselves in God’s armor. How does this belt of truth protect us? Have we missed the subtle maneuvers of the enemy?

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Don’t be a Half-Baked Cookie

The same happens with Christians as we walk through the fiery trials of life. We pray, trusting God to remove us from that oven, but often, we prematurely pray ourselves out of the fire. A half-baked cookie.

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