Tag: despair

• Hope for the Barren Church

  Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat. 1 Samuel 1:6-7 In ancient times, being barren was a major affliction. I suppose it…

  Blake

  March 1, 2018

  conflict, prayer

  1 Samuel 1, barren, conflict, despair, desperation, destitute, Hannah, hope, humility, pain, prayer, womb

• Why Would a Loving God…?

   For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the…

  Blake

  October 29, 2015

  gospel, H2H, leadership

  birth, church, circumstances, creation, despair, disaster, disease, ebola, Eugene Peterson, grief, grieving, hurt, Paul, pestilence, Romans 8, sex trafficking, slavery

• Leaders Wobble But They Don’t Fall Down

  Tuesday Re-mix – But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;  persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.  2 Corinthians 4:7-9 Is it just me?  Does anybody else…

  Blake

  December 11, 2012

  Corinthians, leadership, Spiritual Formation

  2 Corinthians 4, abandoned, Christianity, church, crushed, despair, destroyed, leaders, Paul, perplexed, persecuted, pressed, Spirit, weebles