Have you ever been hurt by something a friend or loved one has either said or did to you? Better yet, have YOU ever said or did something that has hurt someone you love? It’s sometimes instinctive to allow the weight of the guilt that has been created to drive a wedge between us and the ones we love. However, experience and history often shows that hiding or avoiding them is not the true path
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But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Job 23:10
Either you or someone you know may be going through financial hardships, loss of a loved one, or a terminal illness. That indeed, is a P.H.A.T. life; those situations clearly illustrate a Pretty Hard And Trying life. The Word of God brings forth a glimmer of hope.
When God tries us, he shall bring us forth as
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The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 13:14
Snares are typically devices designed to hurt and, sometimes, destroy or kill. Satan has set up snares all around us as we walk with the Lord.
Like landmines, the snares that Satan sets up come in different varieties. From pride to lust and from compromise to bitterness, the devil is hard at work laying these traps down right in
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Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.
Psalm 63:3, 5
It is understandable that life has been, is, and will be full of problems and trials. But I submit to you that the love and mercy of God is a far better thing to have than life. We have to remember that the
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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me…
Psalm 23:4
There comes a time when days get shorter and the nights get longer.  With darkness comes fear of that which cannot be seen.  We must all come down from the mountaintop at some point in our lives.  Even Moses had to return to the bottom to deliver the Law to Israel. 
The
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I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Hebrews 13:5 
From the time that God has led Israel from out of Egypt, He has always been with them.  From being in the Ark to being in the hearts of men, He has always been with His creation.  No matter what you may be going through, always realize that the presence of God is closer than you think.
The word never should stand out in this Scripture.  God is
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But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Job 23:10
God knew the way His Son would take when He allowed Satan to tempt Him in the wilderness.┬á In Matthew 4:10, Jesus declares Satan’s defeat:┬á “Get thee hence Satan:┬á for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”┬á
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