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Rebekah from Sri Lanka | February 17, 2021
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 (ESV)
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Annie F. Downs | February 2, 2021
“During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.” Hebrews 5:7-9 (NIV)
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Karen Ehman | March 12, 2020
“Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.” Romans 12:15 (CSB)
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Kia Stephens | February 18, 2020
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
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Katherine Wolf | February 12, 2020
“Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides.” James 1:2 (MSG)
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Liz Curtis Higgs | March 30, 2018
“Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.” Isaiah 53:10 (NIV)
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Suzie Eller | July 13, 2017
“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Romans 5:3-5 (ESV)
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Marissa Henley | June 19, 2017
“Yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places.” Habakkuk 3:18-19 (ESV)
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Katy McCown | June 12, 2017
“But Naomi said, ‘Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?’ … Then they lifted up their voices and wept again.” Ruth 1:11, 14a (ESV)
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Joni Eareckson Tada | December 13, 2016
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.“ Genesis 50:20 (NLT)
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Lysa TerKeurst | August 25, 2016
“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 4:8-9 (NIV)
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Stephanie Raquel | May 14, 2014
"Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope ..." Romans 5:3-4 (ESV)
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Jennifer Rothschild | March 25, 2014
"Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail." Lamentations 3:22 (NIV)
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Micca Campbell | November 6, 2013
"After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever." 1 Thessalonians 4:17 (NIV)
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Wendy Blight | October 15, 2013
"Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy." James 1:2 (NLT)
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Sheila Mangum | July 9, 2013
"You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever." Psalm 30:11-12 (NIV)
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Van Walton | March 5, 2013
"He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross, ... refining them like gold and silver..." Malachi 3:3 (NLT)
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Lysa TerKeurst | January 3, 2013
"He replied, 'You of little faith, why are you so afraid?' Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm." Matthew 8:26 (NIV)
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Nicki Koziarz | November 27, 2012
"For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." Romans 15:4 (NASB)
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Renee Swope | February 29, 2012
"A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver." Proverbs 25:11 (NIV 1984)