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disa

ppoi

ntm

ent

rath

er t

han

the

need

to

reac

h fo

r Go

d’s

stre

ngth

and

His

wisd

om.

I

n tim

es o

f diffi

cul

ty G

od is

our

stre

ngth

. Pr

over

bs 1

8:10

, “T

he n

ame

of t

he L

ord

is a

fort

ifi ed

tow

er;

the

right

eous

run

to

it an

d ar

e sa

fe.”

( NIV

) T

his

says

tha

t He

is

our

stro

ng f

ortre

ss.

We

can

run

to h

im

and

be s

afe.

He

brew

s 10

:35,

“So

do

not

thro

w a

way

you

r confi d

ence

; it w

ill be

rich

ly re

war

ded.

” T

his

tells

us

not t

o th

row

aw

ay

our c

onfi d

ence

bec

ause

we

will

be re

war

ded.

Th

e fi r

st th

ing

we

need

to d

o is

turn

to

God

and

ask

wha

t are

you

teac

hing

me

thro

ugh

this?

Peo

ple

ofte

n w

ant a

qui

ck

answ

er to

get

ove

r the

adv

ersit

y. A

lot o

f tim

es it

doe

s no

t hap

pen,

as

we

are

seei

ng

with

the

Coro

navi

rus.

It s

eem

s lik

e it

is lin

gerin

g on

and

ther

e is

no e

nd.

This

is no

t tru

e Go

d kn

ows

ther

e is

an e

nd.

We

need

to re

st in

His

prom

ises,

sur

rend

er o

ur

selfi

sh fe

elin

gs a

nd d

esire

s, a

nd d

raw

clo

ser

to G

od.

Ad

vers

ity h

as a

way

of p

ushi

ng u

s be

yond

our

stre

ngth

, and

then

we

will

fi nd

God

wai

ting

to g

athe

r us

in H

is ar

ms.

Jo

hn 1

0:27

& 2

8, “M

y sh

eep

liste

n to

my

voice

; I k

now

them

, and

they

follo

w m

e. I

give

them

ete

rnal

life

, and

they

sha

ll ne

ver

peris

h, n

o on

e w

ill sn

atch

them

out

of

my

hand

.” (N

IV)

It is

com

forti

ng to

kno

w

“I w

ant

to k

now

Chr

ist—

yes,

to

know

the

po

wer

of

his

resu

rrec

tion

and

parti

cipat

ion

in h

is suff e

rings

, be

com

ing

like

him

in h

is de

ath,

and

so,

som

ehow

, at

tain

ing

to t

he

resu

rrect

ion

from

the

dea

d. N

ot t

hat

I ha

ve

alre

ady

obta

ined

all

this,

or

have

alre

ady

arriv

ed a

t m

y go

al,

but

I pr

ess

on t

o ta

ke

hold

of t

hat f

or w

hich

Chr

ist J

esus

took

hol

d of

me.”

-

Phili

ppia

ns 3

:10-

12 (

NIV

)

W

e ar

e liv

ing

in u

niqu

e tim

es.

Wha

t w

e ar

e fa

cing

is

not

norm

al.

So,

we

are

anxi

ous,

fea

rful

and

som

etim

es e

ven

in

desp

air.

We

coul

d fa

ll fo

r th

is or

hol

d on

to

our

roc

k, J

esus

Chr

ist.

Pau

l in

oth

er

wor

ds i

s sa

ying

adv

ersi

ty s

tren

gthe

ns u

s.

Neve

r bef

ore

have

we

expe

rienc

ed th

e lo

ck

dow

n of

citi

es,

coun

trie

s, c

losin

g bo

rder

s,

trav

el b

an,

shut

ting

dow

n se

rvic

es,

and

etc.

Th

ese

thin

gs f

right

en u

s, b

ut w

e ha

ve

som

eone

who

is g

reat

er.

Som

eone

who

is

in c

harg

e of

our

tim

es.

We

need

to le

an o

n HI

M f

or c

omfo

rt an

d no

t be

rul

ed b

y fe

ar.

W

hat

is G

od’s

goal

in

adve

rsity

? I

t is

for

us t

o ge

t clo

ser

to H

im.

He

does

not

w

ant

us t

o pa

nic

or g

ive

us s

orro

w.

He is

te

achi

ng u

s ab

out

His

love

and

fai

thfu

lnes

s.

Whe

n ad

vers

ity

com

es,

we

feel

vu

lner

able

, no

t in

con

trol a

nd w

onde

r w

hy

God

is a

llow

ing

this

. W

e fe

el p

ain

and

ADVE

RSIT

Y BR

INGS

US

CLOS

ER T

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d ne

w g

loba

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vant

s an

d vo

lunt

eers

to

reac

h an

d to

uch

lives

for J

esus

ar

ound

the

wor

ld. T

hey

also

hel

p to

fi ll

gaps

for t

hose

wor

kers

who

hav

en’t

yet r

each

ed th

eir s

uppo

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als,

en-

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mor

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an 2

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t-ne

rs w

ho a

re a

ctiv

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shar

ing

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s m

essa

ge o

f hop

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ve a

nd h

ealin

g w

ith a

lost

and

hur

ting

wor

ld. Y

our

gifts

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crui

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trai

n ne

w g

loba

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orke

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pen

up n

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ion

fi eld

s, re

spon

d to

glo

bal d

isast

ers

with

re

lief a

nd d

evel

opm

ent f

unds

thro

ugh

One

Grea

t Hou

r of S

harin

g an

d m

uch

mor

e.

WOR

LD M

ISSI

ON O

FFER

ING

IS R

E-SP

ONDI

NG T

O GO

D’S

CALL

W

ORLD

WID

E

we

are

prot

ecte

d. W

e fi n

d sh

elte

r fro

m th

e st

orm

s of

life

and

feel

God

’s pr

esen

ce a

nd

have

the

ultim

ate

secu

rity.

W

e ca

n be

sur

e th

at G

od w

ill us

e ou

r tria

ls to

sha

pe o

ur li

fe, s

o th

at w

e refl e

ct G

od’s

love

an

d ca

re fo

r oth

ers.

He

know

s th

e fu

ture

an

d kn

ows

the

outc

ome.

We

need

to refi n

e ou

r hop

e an

d se

ttle

our h

earts

into

a p

lace

of

con

tent

men

t and

trus

t. Go

d is

wal

king

th

roug

h th

is w

ith u

s. W

e ar

e no

t alo

ne.

W

e ne

ed to

focu

s ou

r hea

rt on

Jes

us a

nd

not t

he s

ituat

ion

at h

and.

The

wor

ld s

eem

s to

giv

e on

ly n

egat

ive

info

rmat

ion,

but

we

have

an

amaz

ing

God

who

cre

ated

us

and

the

univ

erse

. He

is o

n ou

r sid

e. S

tay

close

to

God

in y

our d

evot

ion

and

pray

er.

He w

ill gu

ide

us th

roug

h th

is se

ason

we

are

goin

g th

roug

h.

How

we

reac

t hel

ps th

e pe

ople

who

are

w

atch

ing

us to

dra

w fr

om o

ur fa

ith a

nd s

how

s th

em C

hrist

’s lo

ve.

We

beco

me

God’

s w

itnes

s th

roug

h ou

r fai

thfu

lnes

s.

Pa

ul s

ays

in R

oman

s 5:

3-5 ,

“We

can

rejo

ice, t

oo, w

hen

we

run

into

pro

blem

s an

d tri

als,

for w

e kn

ow th

at th

ey h

elp

us d

evel

op

endu

ranc

e. A

nd e

ndur

ance

dev

elop

s st

reng

th

of c

hara

cter

, and

cha

ract

er s

treng

then

s ou

r co

nfi d

ent h

ope

of s

alva

tion.

And

this

hope

will

not l

ead

to d

isapp

oint

men

t. Fo

r we

know

how

de

arly

God

love

s us

, bec

ause

he

has

give

n us

th

e Ho

ly Sp

irit t

o fi l

l our

hea

rts w

ith h

is lo

ve.”

( NLT

) Tr

ials

deve

lop

endu

ranc

e an

d st

reng

th

of c

hara

cter

. It

also

hel

ps u

s re

alize

God

’s lo

ve fo

r us.

Co

ntin

ue to

pra

y fo

r our

chi

ldre

n at

sch

ool,

our s

hut i

ns, a

nd fa

milie

s st

rugg

ling

thro

ugh

this

time.

Also

pra

ise G

od fo

r His

bles

sing

each

and

eve

ry d

ay.

God

Ble

ss.

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hrist

’s St

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Tea

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treac

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lism

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ions

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tith

e po

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new

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Jon

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We

will

be re

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and

live

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