Posted: April 26, 2026
Key Text: Luke 24 (13 – 36); Psalm 119: 105; Psalm 19: 7 Additional Texts: 1 Peter 1: 22 – 25; Hebrews 4: 12; Romans 1: 10; John 15: 3, 5, 11; 2 Timothy 3: 16 – 17; Romans 10: 17; Acts 1: 8; John 1: 1 – 5; Jeremiah 15: 16; Matthew 24: 35
Continue Reading “Show and Tell (19): Soothing Heartburns”
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Tags: Author blog, autobiography and devotional, Blots Flaws and Revelations blog, Dealing with Anxiety, Dealing with Difficult Times, Dealing with Disappointment, Devotional for Christians, Heartburns, Help for dark seasons, Hope in Suffering, Suffering with God, Tips for authors, Waiting on God's Promises, Walking with God in Difficult Times, When God Seems Distant, When suffering is hard, Why would God allow that?
Posted: November 2, 2025
Show and Tell (11): Unusual Praise Key Texts: John 17; Psalm 107; Psalm 9: 1 – 10; Luke 22: 39 – 46 Additional Texts: Psalm 136; Psalm 34; Proverbs 3: 5 – 6; 1 Thessalonians 5: 18 Previous Entries Linked to this Topic: See the entries in the series ‘Nuggets from Job’. At the time
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Tags: Asking God why, Author blog, autobiography and devotional, Bible Verses on Problems, Bible Verses on Suffering, Blots Flaws and Revelations blog, Christians suffer, Covered by God, Cry out to God, Daily Devotional, Daily Devotions, Dealing with Difficult Times, Devotional for Christians, Help for dark seasons, Help in Suffering, How can we praise God after devastation?, Hurricane Melissa, Hurricane Melissa Prayer, Hurricane Survivors’ Devotional, Praise Him in the v alley, Suffering with God, Walking with God in Difficult Times
Posted: March 2, 2025
Key Texts: Matthew 2; John 15: 18-25; Exodus 1: 8-22; Exodus 2: 1-8; 1 Samuel 18: 5-30; 1 Peter 1: 1-7 Additional Texts: Luke 2: 52; Matthew 27: 32-56; Exodus 3 – 14; 2 Samuel 5: 1-4; Revelation 20 There are many references for this post; it would be great if you could read them
Posted: November 4, 2024
Texts: Job 38 – 42; James 1: 2-4 Before we examine God’s response, let’s reflect on the study so far. Over the past six weeks, some key observations about Job’s experiences have been explored. Initially, he was fulfilled and successful, but later suffered great calamity when God permitted the enemy to disturb his life to
Continue Reading “Nuggets from Job (7) – God Speaks (The Final Word)”
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Tags: Bible Verses on Problems, Bible Verses on Suffering, Blots Flaws and Revelations blog, Covered by God, Cry out to God, Daily Devotional, Dealing with Difficult Times, Praise God in trouble, Praise Him in the v alley, Protected by God, Suffering, Suffering Christians, Suffering with God, Walking with God in Difficult Times, When suffering is hard, Why would God allow that?
Posted: October 5, 2024
Texts: Job 2-3; John 6: 67-69; Haggai 2: 19: Hebrews 12: 26-28 Livelihood. Resources. Robbery. Fire. Murdered servants. The death of eighty-five percent of your immediate family (all ten of your children). Gone. On the same day. Wow. Imagine that. Perhaps none of us will endure such tragedies, but experiencing one disappointment, traumatic event or
Continue Reading “Nuggets from Job (3) – Haven’t I Endured Enough Already?”
Posted: September 22, 2024
Text: Job 1 We often wonder whether it pays to have integrity when ‘good’ people suffer unimaginable tragedies. Evil seems to prosper in our distorted world, causing us to wonder how a loving God could allow the enemy’s plots to be enacted. Job was a faithful and upright man, who shunned evil and feared God.
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Posted: September 22, 2024
Life is lived in seasons. Some are full of light and laughter, whilst others weigh on us with potential to steal our joy and hope. In difficult seasons, it is not uncommon to feel forsaken by God, wonder if He hears, or lose the exuberance we once had to pray. In the process of writing
Continue Reading “Overview: Nuggets of Encouragement, Prayer and Praise”
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Tags: Asking God why, Blots Flaws and Revelations blog, Christians suffer, Daily Devotional, Encouragement, Help for dark seasons, Help for depression, Help in Suffering, Praise God in trouble, Praise Him in the v alley, Prayer and Praise, Suffering with God, Why would God allow that?, Yet I will praise
