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Tag Archives: Exodus
Prayer When Hope Has Been Exhausted
The prophet Hosea, in chapters 8 and 9 of his prophetic book, proclaimed a message of warning and impending doom to his contemporaries in Northern Israel. The ominous nature of what the future held emerged in images like “reaping the … Continue reading
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Tagged Assyria, christianity, disaster, Exodus, fear, Genesis 19, Gibeah, Hosea 9:14, Lament, Prayer, religion, vulture, whirlwind
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Praying for Peace when Life’s Storms Overwhelm
Psalm 107 begins the fifth book of the Psalms with a song that remembers hardship. Consecutive sections of the Psalm recall different experiences of suffering and fear in which it seemed the Lord might be absent. Some wander … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, Exodus, faith, Hebrews 13:12-15, hurricane, life, Prayer, Psalm 107, religion, Spiritual Formation, spiritual scars, spirituality, steadfast love, storms of life
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Prayer of a Modern Pilgrim
“So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, Exodus, faith, flu, Freed-Hardeman University, Hebrews 13:12-15, immigrant, migrant, pilgrim, praise, Prayer, relationships, religion, sojourner, spirituality
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Prayer When God Does Not Deliver
Moses prayed a prayer of lament, fear, and frustration to the Lord. God had called him unexpectedly to leave the desert mountain retreat where Moses, one-time adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter, has found refuge for the previous four decades. Moses … Continue reading
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Tagged action, anger, Blaming God, broken spirit, christianity, Exodus, Exodus 5, faith, frustration, life, Moses, Prayer, religion, security, social justice, spirituality, theodicy, vision
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