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Trusting God in Turbulent Times

Emotional, intellectual, and volitional obstacles can keep us from trusting and yielding to God, both for the first time and after we become followers of Christ. Trusting Him is especially challenging when life is difficult or doesn’t make sense from our perspective. But if we turn toward God, his Spirit in us will help us overcome these barriers, so that we’re able to trust Him at all times, no matter what’s going on around us.

1 Peter Study, Part 19 (at Christ Church): Agents of Light

Peter invites his readers to see that our outlook will determine the things we pursue and treasure and value.  And so we want to pursue the will of God and His promises.  We want to live a life that demands an explanation as an agent of light, grace and love; giving rather than expecting in return and entrusting ourselves to Him for the outcome.

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Letting Go Is No Easy Task (Tozer Commentary, Part 3)

Ken Boa discusses the hindrance of the false self in our intimacy with God in this third and final part of a three-part commentary on A.W. Tozer’s “Removing the Veil” chapter in his classic “The Pursuit of God.”