Category Archives: suffering

dying, that they may live

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Jefferson Vann

devotional post # 2166 2 Corinthians 4:10-12 2Co 4:10 always carrying around within the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be revealed within our body. 2Co 4:11 Because we who live are constantly … Continue reading →

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riches within rags

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Jefferson Vann

devotional post # 2165 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 2Co 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen containers, so that the excess of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; 2Co 4:8 we are afflicted in every way, … Continue reading →

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shared encouragement

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Jefferson Vann

devotional post # 2147 2 Corinthians 1:6-8 2 Cor 1:6 But if we are suffering, it is for your encouragement and deliverance, or if we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement, which produces in you the patient enduring of … Continue reading →

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encouragement overflow

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Jefferson Vann

devotional post # 2146 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 2 Cor 1:3 Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of acts of compassion and God of every encouragement, 2 Cor 1:4 who encourages us in everything … Continue reading →

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when darkness has the right

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Jefferson Vann

devotional post # 2070 Luke 22:47-53 Luk 22:47 While he was still talking, notice a crowd coming up, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, coming before them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him, Luk 22:48 … Continue reading →

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shaken, to strengthen

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Jefferson Vann

devotional post # 2067 Luke 22:31-34 Luk 22:31 “Simon, Simon, notice, Satan has asked about you, to shake you like wheat in a sieve, Luk 22:32 but I have prayed for you that your faith may not die out. And … Continue reading →

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how faith reacts to the storm

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Jefferson Vann

WHO IS THAT IN THE BOAT WITH YOU? Luke 8:22-25 Luk 8:22 One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, “Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out, … Continue reading →

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The Sabbaths of desolation

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

CAN YOU TRUST GOD IN EXILE? Leviticus 26:27-39 Lev 26:27 “But if in spite of this you will not listen to me, but walk contrary to me, Lev 26:28 then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and I … Continue reading →

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better off than the living

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

ARE WE REFLECTING GENTLENESS AND KINDNESS? Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 1 I looked again at all the cruelties that are committed under the sun. I just watched, the tears of those maltreated, and they had no one to comfort them! On the … Continue reading →

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our time DNA

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

OUR MOMENTS OF RESPONSE ARE ENCODED WITHIN US. Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 1 For everything a moment exists, and a time for every pleasure under the sky: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, … Continue reading →

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