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  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Longsuffering, Part 12

    Have you ever had a passage of Scripture that just keeps coming up again and again and again in a week? I have. It makes me pause as I sense that God has a reason for that. We have been talking about long-suffering. This passage has been coming up repeatedly, particularly verses 8-9. Psalm 16:8-9…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Longsuffering, Part 11

    I know you feel it every day. The tedium of chronic illness, disability or isolation. Even when we don’t dwell on it, we feel it. It is there and affects every area of life. How can we be long-suffering and honor God in the midst? While today’s verses do not specifically mention long-suffering, they do…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Longsuffering, Part 10

    Trials. Suffering. How do we get through it? God is our sufficiency. God cares. He is sufficient and even brings us joy through it. I know it gets long. Cry out to Him today. He is our help in the long-suffering season. Psalm 16 “16 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Longsuffering, Part 9

    Today, as we think about longsuffering, we are going to think about it from the perspective of trust. It is so easy when we are going through something to forget that God has a plan. When the suffering goes on and on, it is hard to remember that we need to trust Him. Proverbs 3:5-6…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Longsuffering, Part 7

    Do you feel unworthy of God’s love? Is it because of your past, your disability or your financial status? Good knews. God loves you. He is long-suffering toward us. Think of the apostle Paul. Before he came to Christ, he was one who persecuted Christians. He did horrible things to them, thinking that he was…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Longsuffering, Part 6

    Longsuffering is a fruit of the spirit and a choice we have to make. Paul says in Colossians 3:8-17, speaking to the believers, “8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Longsuffering, Part 5

    Some days, weariness hits hard. The never-ending struggles that come with disability or chronic illness can sometimes just seem like too much. As Paul wrote to the Colossians, he prayed for them to have joy in long-suffering. Life is not easy; the Christian walk can be difficult. Paul knew this better than most. He knew…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Longsuffering, Part 4

    God has called us to be long-suffering. I don’t know about you, but it doesn’t come naturally. As my dad used to say, we live in a microwave culture. We want everything now. Yet, things rarely go on our timetable. How will we respond when this happens? When suffering doesn’t end quickly? God has gifted…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Longsuffering, Part 3

    As we walk through Scriptures on long-suffering, we once again look at God’s long-suffering. Jeremiah 15:14-16 “14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you. 15 O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me,…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Longsuffering, Part 2

    I love that the first couple times long-suffering is mentioned in the Bible, it talks about our God’s great long-suffering. I am so thankful that He is a long-suffering God. I know that I need His long-suffering so much in my human-ness! Yet, God is also a God of justice. He is both merciful and…