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  How Faith Changes Your Relationship to Sin 06.08.2026 3min

  He has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.2 Peter 1:4Where does corruption come from? What would need to change in order for our world to become truly free, just, and loving? Some people will tell you that it comes from lack of education, lack of opportunity, or lack of resources.But Peter says corruption in the world is caused by evil desires. Envy, greed, lust, pride, and laziness are the kinds of desires that are in us and that corrupt us. That’s why you find corruption in people who have education, opportunity, and resources, as well as those who don’t.God promises that all those who have faith ‘escape’ from this corruption. You may be thinking, Escape? What do you mean by ‘escape’? I’m a Christian, and I have an ongoing battle with lust, or greed, or pride, or envy. I struggle with evil desires all the time!If you understand your position as a Christian believer, it will help you make sense of your experience. You’re like a fugitive. You’ve been released from captivity to sin by the power of Jesus Christ. You’ve escaped. But Satan, who once held you captive, is always after you.Satan is “like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). He wants to get you back in chains, but God is with you and He will protect you. Sin is your enemy, but it is no longer your master (Rom. 6:14).Are you struggling to make sense of your experience? Are you clear about your position as a Christian?
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  What God Promises to People of Faith 05.08.2026 3min

  [By] his own glory and excellence… he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature.2 Peter 1:3-4What exactly does God promise to those who have faith? The first thing Peter mentions is that “you may become partakers of the divine nature.” What does that mean?How could you partake or participate in the divine nature? Either you would somehow have to enter into God, or God would somehow have to enter into you.The Bible nowhere suggests that we enter into God. But it clearly teaches that when a person comes to faith in Jesus Christ, God’s Spirit enters the life of that person. When Peter says, “You may become partakers of the divine nature,” he is talking about our union with Christ.The apostle Paul says, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). Our Lord puts this in a picture: “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit” (John 15:5).The power of God that was once distant from you is now present with you, so that you have everything you need to face life! That’s the promise of the gospel. It means new power, new desires, and new capacities in the soul of the person who has faith.When we are in heaven, we will see Jesus in all His glory, and we will say, “We knew He was great, but not this great! And to think that He was with us all the time on earth! Why didn’t we have more faith? Why didn’t we make more progress? What were we thinking?”What is your response to this promise? What does it mean to you?
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  How Faith Is Formed in a Person 04.08.2026 2min

  His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.2 Peter 1:3What would make a 21st century person follow Jesus? There are certainly many answers, but the Bible sums up what causes a person to follow Jesus in two words—glory and excellence.Jesus’ goodness is put on display by the sheer excellence of His life, the abundance of His grace and kindness. Jesus’ glory is the total impact of all that He is. That’s how Jesus gets hold of people. He calls us through His own glory and excellence.So, it follows that if we want to see people follow Christ, we should make much of His glory and His excellence. Make these things the focus of your family discussions around God’s Word, your Sunday school class, or your small group. Keep this central when you share the gospel. Remember, the gospel is not primarily about you and your faith; it’s about Jesus and His glory.How is faith formed in a person’s life? Jesus said, “I, when I am lifted up… will draw all people to myself” (John 12:32). Faith is formed as Christ is exalted. When you see His glory and excellence you will be compelled to follow Him.Have you begun to see the goodness and glory of Jesus Christ? Do you see why it is so important to make this the focal point in your ministry?
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  The First Step of Faith 03.08.2026 3min

  To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours…2 Peter 1:1Faith is a gift to receive and a command to obey. “Have faith in God” (Mark 11:22). That’s a command! God calls us to do it.Isn’t it strange that we say to an unbeliever, “Put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ”? How can an unbeliever put his or her faith in Jesus? If you’re an unbeliever, then by definition, you do not believe. You don’t have any faith to put in Jesus!How then can anyone ever be saved? When the disciples asked this same question, Jesus said “With man it is impossible, but… all things are possible with God” (Mark 10:27). God created the world out of nothing, and He is able to create faith out of nothing, too.Augustine, a bishop in the early church, understood this and said to God, “Command what you will, only give what you command!” In other words, “Lord, command whatever you like. Command me to believe. But I don’t have faith, so you need to give it to me.”If you are not yet a Christian, this is a great place to begin. You can come to God today and say, “You command me to have faith. I don’t have it. So give me what I do not have. Make me what I’m not.” If you come to God like this it will change your life.You are admitting that you cannot save yourself. You are casting yourself on Him. You are agreeing with Jesus that your salvation is impossible apart from God. The first step of faith is to admit that you do not have faith, and to ask God to give you what you do not have.Have you taken this first step of faith?
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  What It Means to Have Faith 02.08.2026 3min

  To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ… in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.2 Peter 1:1-2Peter is writing to people of faith, telling them that in Jesus Christ they have everything they need for life. What does it mean to have faith?Christian faith is faith in Jesus ChristPeter affirms that Jesus is God. People who say that Jesus is never referred to as “God” in the Bible need to see this. Peter also affirms that Jesus is Saviour and Lord.Christian faith is confidence in Jesus’ ability to bring you through every circumstance of life. You will mess up in many ways, but by faith you know that Jesus is Lord of every trial and Saviour from every temptation. Jesus is with you and for you; He won’t mess up His work—which is to save you and on the last day present you to the Father, without fault and with great joy.Christian faith is apostolicWe often speak about personal faith—that’s good, because nobody else can believe for you. But Christian faith is more than personal, it’s apostolic. To be a Christian means that you share the same faith as the apostles.We often ask people, “Do you have a personal faith?” We should also ask them, “Do you have an apostolic faith? Do you share the faith of the apostles? Do you believe what they believed?” What matters is not that you have “a” faith (as if you needed to make up your own), but that you hold to “the” faith, or what Peter calls here “a faith of equal standing with ours.”Do you pass these two tests of faith? If so, Peter is telling you that you have everything you need for life. If not, what are you waiting for?
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  Everything You Need for Life 01.08.2026 2min

  His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.2 Peter 1:3Doesn’t that sound a bit ambitious, even pretentious?What do you need for life? Wisdom for raising kids. Courage in the face of opposition. Peace under pressure. Faith in the face of tragedy. Comfort in loss. Love when you feel alone. Healing when you are wounded. Strength when you are overwhelmed.The apostle Peter is making an extraordinary claim—in Jesus Christ you will find everything that you need for life! This challenges the way we sometimes think about Christianity.We sometimes view our lives like a series of compartments. Work is a whole world in itself, and family is a whole different world. Pleasure—that’s what I do for my own happiness. Then there’s faith—a very important part of my life. Lastly, there are my hopes and dreams.A lot of folks in church would agree that Jesus Christ has everything we need for faith. But many are not sure that He has everything we need for life!Think about the implications. What do you need for school or university? What do you need for marriage? How about the single life? What do you need to get through your midlife crisis? What do you need for facing your later years?All these seasons are part of life, and Peter says that God has given everything that we need for life through our knowledge of Christ who called us by His own glory and goodness.How confident are you, on a scale from 1 (no confidence) to 10 (complete confidence), that in Jesus you have “everything” you need for life?
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  What to Do When You Feel You’ve Messed Up 31.07.2026 2min

  He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.2 Corinthians 5:15What are you doing with the life God is giving to you? Perhaps you have thought, “Well, I’ve really messed up.”You may think, “I have said one thing and done another. I have made commitments to the Lord, but I haven’t kept them. I have taught others, but I have not lived up to my own teaching. I have behaved like a fool. I see now that God has left me to myself. And as my heart has been exposed, I feel there is no hope for me.”Oh yes there is! The fact that you see the need of your heart is a sure sign that God’s grace is already at work in you. He has brought you to see your need of a saviour.Now here is what you must do: You must humble yourself before God in repentance. Tell Him you are done living for yourself. Thank Him that Jesus Christ bore the wrath that was due to you, and ask Him in faith to be your Lord and your Saviour.There is hope for you in Jesus Christ, who died for your sins. “He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised” (5:15).If you feel you’ve messed up your life, can you trust that there is hope for you in Jesus Christ?
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  Grace Prevails When We Humble Ourselves 30.07.2026 2min

  But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart... so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.2 Chronicles 32:26Notice how grace prevailed in this man’s life. When Hezekiah came under the discipline of God, he saw the pride of his heart, and he saw what a fool he had been.“God has given me life! He brought me back from the point of death, and here I am, living for myself. What am I doing?”Then it says, “The wrath of the LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah” (32:26). Notice that the wrath was postponed. It was not removed. Justice has to be done somewhere, and sin has to be dealt with. This is why Jesus Christ came into the world.What we see in Jesus is the opposite of what we have seen in Hezekiah. Hezekiah became proud in his heart. Jesus humbled Himself to the point of death on a cross (Phil. 2:8).Hezekiah lived for himself. Jesus gave Himself for the good of others. “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (Jn. 15:13).When Hezekiah was faced with the wrath of God, he thought, “As long as it is on others and not on me.” But Jesus said, “Let it be on me, not on them.”Jesus absorbed in Himself the wrath that was due to us on account of our sins. For all who come to Him in faith and repentance, the wrath due to us is not only postponed, it is completely removed! “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:1).Have you come to Jesus in faith and repentance? Thank Him that the wrath due to you for your sins has been completely removed.
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  How God Deals with a Proud Heart 29.07.2026 2min

  Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 32:25God knows how to deal with a proud heart. Notice what happened when Hezekiah became proud and lived for himself: “Wrath came upon him.” Hezekiah came under the discipline of God. God loves His children too much to allow them to continue in sin.What did this wrath look like? Chronicles tells us how God dealt with Hezekiah and how He will deal with us, if our hearts become proud. “God left him to himself,” in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart” (32:31).When a person turns away in defiance and refuses to repent, things don’t go so well. The Prodigal Son knew about that. He sinned against God, and for a long time there wasn’t a hint of repentance. Life did not go well for him (see Lk. 15:11-32).In the end, he became desperate. He may have told himself that what he needed was a new job, new friends, maybe a new location. But what he really needed to do was repent.He needed to repent toward God: “I have sinned against heaven” (15:18). And he needed to repent toward the people in his life: “I have sinned… before you” (15:21).Our Lord says that the Prodigal Son “came to himself” (15:17). That’s what happened to Hezekiah. He came to his senses. When God left him to himself, the foolishness of his proud heart was exposed.Have you ever felt that God had left you to yourself to see what was in your heart? How did you respond?
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  When a Heart Becomes Proud 28.07.2026 2min

  Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death, and he prayed to the LORD, and he answered him... But Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud.2 Chronicles 32:24–25Why did Hezekiah not do what he said he would? God gives us the explanation of the extraordinary contradiction in this man’s life: “His heart was proud.”Remember that Hezekiah is described as the best king Judah ever had—none like him before and none like him after (2 Kings 18:5). He was a true believer. His prayers had been heard and answered by God. But pride lurked even in the heart of this godly king.When God gave this man’s life back, his heart became proud, and he lived for himself. “Hezekiah had very great riches and honour, and he made for himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of costly vessels… He likewise provided cities for himself, and flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great possessions” (2 Chron. 32:27, 29).Here is a man who says to God, “I will walk humbly all my years” (Isa. 38:15). And what happens when God gives his life back? Precisely the opposite. It was all about Hezekiah. His heart became proud, and what he did was all “for himself.”The question that reveals your heart is not: Will you pray in a crisis? It is: What will you do with your life when this crisis is over? What will you do when your prayer is answered?What does this question reveal about the priorities of your own heart?
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  Walking Humbly vs. Living Selfishly 27.07.2026 3min

  The son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys… to Hezekiah for he heard that he had been sick… And Hezekiah… showed them his treasure house.Isaiah 39:1-2Babylon was the rising superpower of the day, and Hezekiah wanted to impress the envoys. He couldn’t resist showing off his treasure.The envoys tell their crown prince, “There is serious money in Jerusalem.” And the crown prince says, “One day that treasure will be ours.”Isaiah the prophet warns Hezekiah, “The days are coming, when all that is in your house… shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the LORD” (39:5-6). Good people can make disastrous decisions. And Hezekiah’s folly sowed the seed of his kingdom’s destruction.When Hezekiah heard this, he spoke one of the saddest statements in the Bible. Isaiah had also told the king that his sons would be taken away (39:7), which meant that the plundering would be in the future. And Hezekiah knew that he would only live another fifteen years.“Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ‘The word of the LORD… is good.’ For he thought, ‘There will be peace and security in my days’” (39:8). That is sheer selfishness! “Who cares what happens to the next generation? Judgment is coming, and I don’t care as long as I am not caught up in it.”God has told us that a day of judgement is coming on the world. And it is easy to think, “That’s all right as long as it doesn’t come near me. The world can end up in hell as long as we don’t go with them.”What Hezekiah said and what Hezekiah did were very different. He said to God, “If you give my life back, I will walk humbly all my days.” But what he did was all about exalting himself.Where would you place yourself on a scale of (1) humbly thinking of others, to (5) living for yourself?
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  Life After a Crisis 26.07.2026 2min

  I walk slowly all my years.Isaiah 38:15God healed Hezekiah and added 15 years to his life. Now here’s the question: What use did he make of those 15 years?Hezekiah was quite clear on what he would do: “I walk slowly [humbly] all my years” (38:15). “Lord, if you give me another 15 years I will walk before you in humility.” What would that look like?A humble person seeks to glorify God “The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day” (38:19). “Lord, no one in the pit of destruction praises you. But You have promised me life, and I believe your promise. So I praise you today, and I will live in gratitude every day you give me.”A humble person seeks the good of others “The father makes known to the children your faithfulness” (38:19). Hezekiah was not yet a father, but he believed that God would be faithful to His promise. He makes this commitment: “I will make sure my family knows that You are God and that Your faithfulness endures to all generations.”Notice that this circle of praise keeps expanding. It starts with one man praising God. Then his family joins him. Then the entire community is drawn in. “The LORD will save me, and we will play my music… all the days of our lives, at the house of the LORD” (38:20).This is a marvellous commitment: “Lord, if you answer my prayer, here’s what I will do: I will walk humbly, I will glorify you, I will seek the good of others.” That’s what he said. But what he did was very different!If you have been facing a crisis, what will you do with your life when you get it back?
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  One More Assurance in Times of Crisis 25.07.2026 3min

  In love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.Isaiah 38:17When you face an unexpected crisis and your faith is tested, you can say, “I am loved” and “I am saved.” Here is the third thing you can say:I am forgiven“You have cast all my sins behind your back” (38:17). Here’s what God has done in love so that you would be saved from the pit.Godly people know that their sins are many. The closer your walk with the Lord, the greater your awareness of your own sins. The question that will determine your eternal future is not whether your sins are few or many, but whether they are before God’s face or behind His back.Think about the word cast here. “You have cast all my sins behind your back.” In Christ, God removes our sins from us as far as the east is from the west (Ps. 103:12). He flings them out of sight, behind His back.Matthew Henry says, “When we cast our sins behind our back, God sets them before His face. But when we set them before our face in true repentance, God casts them behind His back.” When God casts your sins behind His back, you can cast them behind your back as well.Life is much less certain than we like to think. We make our elaborate plans, and an unexpected crisis throws everything up in the air. How marvellous it is to know that on the darkest day, you can say with confidence, “I’m forgiven! I’m saved! Nothing can separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus.” With such a saviour, you can face any crisis.Would you say you are more likely to cast your sins behind your back or to set them before God in true repentance?
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  Assurance of Faith in Times of Crisis 24.07.2026 3min

  In love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.Isaiah 38:17When you face an unexpected crisis and your faith is tested, there are three things you can always say for sure. Here are the first two:I am loved“In love you have delivered my life” (38:17). Literally, “You loved me out of the pit.” Nothing is surer in life than the love of God for you. He has proved that forever by giving His only Son for you. On your darkest day, you can say with confidence, “The Son of God… loved me and gave himself for me” (Gal. 2:20).There was no obligation on the Son of God to leave heaven and go to the cross. He chose to lay down His life. And He did it in love, for you. Nothing in life, death, or eternity will ever separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:38-39).I am saved“You have delivered my life from the pit of destruction” (Isa. 38:17). There’s more here than Hezekiah recovering from sickness. This is a destruction, a tearing apart, that never ends (2 Thes. 1:9).Hezekiah is a godly king, and the worst thing he can imagine is to live and die in his sins, and then to find himself in the pit of destruction forever. He says, “Thank God, He has saved me from that!”Jesus Christ came to save you from the pit of destruction—from the hell to which our sins would rightly consign us. At the lowest point of your life, you can say to God, “In love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction” (38:17).Spend a few minutes thanking God that you are loved and you are saved.
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  Faith Prays for What God Has Promised 23.07.2026 2min

  Oh restore me to health and make me live!Isaiah 38:16Hezekiah responds to the promise of verse 5 with the prayer of verse 16. God said, “I will add fifteen years to your life” (38:5). Hezekiah prays, “Oh restore me to health and make me live!” (38:16).Faith prays for what God has promised. “Lord, do what you have said! Heal me! Give me those 15 years!”My pastor, Derek Prime, would often say, “Pray with an open Bible.” When you see what God has promised in His Word, the right response is to pray that you will know what He has promised in your own experience.So, you read in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” What do you do next? Do you say, “Oh that’s nice: God gives strength,” and then carry on? No! You pray that what God has promised will be yours. Lord, I need the strength that only you can give. Give this strength to me today.Or you read in 1 Peter 1:8, about how people who love and believe in Christ rejoice with an inexpressible joy. Do you say, “Isn’t it nice that some Christians have more joy than they can put into words”? No! You say, “If this is possible for them, then it is possible for me.” Lord, increase my joy.Then you will look at why they had such joy, and you see it is because they have a risen Saviour, a living hope, and a glorious inheritance (1:3-4). So, you ask God to increase your joy in these things.Faith turns God’s promises into prayers. So, pray with an open Bible.What would keep you from praying God’s promises more?
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  Faith Is Strengthened by the Word of God 22.07.2026 2min

  O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh restore me to health and make me live!Isaiah 38:16It’s hard to be sure of the precise order of events in Hezekiah’s life, but here’s the most likely reconstruction:Hezekiah became sick to the point of death (38:1)Despite being a godly man, he struggled with bitterness (38:15)Isaiah said, “Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover” (38:1)The king turned his face to the wall. He prayed, and he wept bitterly (38:2-3)When Isaiah left, the Lord told him to go back (38:5)Isaiah spoke the Word of God: “I have heard your prayer… I will add fifteen years to your life” (38:5)Hezekiah prayed with new faith and confidence: “Oh restore me to health and make me live!” (38:16)Notice the pattern: God speaks in verse 5. Hezekiah prays in verse 16. The King says, “He has spoken to me” (38:15), saying, “I will add fifteen years to your life” (38:5). So Hezekiah prays, “Oh restore me to health and make me live” (38:16).Hezekiah had been struggling with great bitterness. How did he overcome it? When a crisis comes and you discover that your faith was not as strong as you thought, what will help you?The answer is that faith is strengthened by the Word of God. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Mat. 4:4).Reflect on a time when God used a particular verse or passage to strengthen your faith.
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  How God Can Use a Test of Faith for Our Good 21.07.2026 2min

  It was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction.Isaiah 38:17Notice what Hezekiah says here: “It was for my welfare that I had great bitterness.” How could God use this man’s bitterness for his good? The answer is in verse 15: “I walk slowly all my years.” “Walk slowly” means “walk humbly.” Hezekiah is saying, “I used to think that my faith was strong, but when crisis came, I didn’t do so well. There was bitterness in my soul. But God used this for my welfare. I’m done with priding myself on the strength of faith. From now on I will walk humbly.”Pride lurks in all of our hearts, and spiritual pride is its worst form. God may use a crisis to humble you by showing you that your faith is not as strong as you think.This is what happened to Peter. He told Jesus, “I will lay down my life for you” (Jn. 13:37). Peter thought his faith was strong, but when a servant girl asked if he was a disciple of Jesus, his faith was not as strong as he thought.God used this to humble Peter so that he would become the gentle pastor who could write, “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you” (1 Pet. 5:6).An unexpected crisis will test your faith. And God can use this to make you more like Jesus. Let the crisis show you how much you need Jesus, and then thank God that you are not saved by the strength of your faith but by the strength of your Saviour.When has God used a test of faith to humble you and show you the strength of your Saviour?
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  An Unexpected Crisis Will Test Your Faith 20.07.2026 3min

  What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.Isaiah 38:15When you go through an unexpected crisis, your faith will be tested. Hezekiah is writing after he recovered from his illness (38:9). Looking back, he is full of thanksgiving: “He has spoken to me, and he himself has done it” (38:15).The words God spoke are recorded in verse 5: “Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.” And God did what He said. God brought him back from the point of death (38:1).When he recovered, Hezekiah rejoiced in answered prayer. But during the crisis, it was a different story. Hezekiah tells us honestly, “I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul” (38:15).When this godly king suffered, he struggled with bitterness. “Lord, I have given myself to the pursuit of a godly life. I have served you, and now You allow me to be afflicted with a deadly illness. God, that’s not fair!”He doesn’t say, “When trouble came, I just turned to the Lord and trusted Him.” He says, “I struggled with bitterness. Why me, Lord?” A battle raged within him. He trusted God, but in the crisis, trusting wasn’t so easy.Perhaps when your faith was tested, you wish you had done better. It might help you to know that it was the same for the most godly king in the Old Testament. Hezekiah had to confess that when he suffered, his faith was not as strong as he thought.That is the confession of a godly king. His faith was tested, and when you face an unexpected crisis, your faith will be tested too.Think about a crisis you have experienced. What is one way your response was similar to Hezekiah’s? What is one way it was different?
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  Let Your Anguish Lead You to Jesus—Part 2 19.07.2026 3min

  I am sure that neither death nor life… will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.Romans 8:38All Christians will experience anguish. But when you experience anguish, what are you to do? Here are two situations that can lead you to Jesus:1. When you fear being cut off, let your anguish lead you to JesusJesus knows what it is to be cut off. Isaiah says, “He was cut off out of the land of the living” (Isa. 53:8). Our Lord died at age 33. He could say with Hezekiah, “In the middle of my days, I must depart” (38:10).But death could not keep hold of Jesus. And for those who trust in Him, death will be a translation into a new life that will be better by far. Nothing in life or death will ever separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:38-39). When you fear being cut off, let your anguish lead you to Jesus.2. When you fear that God may be against you, let your anguish lead you to JesusTo fear that God may be against us is the worst anguish of all. What chance would we have? If you are resisting Christ, think about what you are doing. You resisting God? You cannot possibly win!When Jesus died for us, He was “cut off” from the Father’s love. “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mat. 27:46). He was forsaken so that you would be welcomed. He was condemned so that you could be forgiven. He was cast out so that you would be brought in. If you fear that God may be against you, let your anguish lead you to Jesus.Do you fear being cut off? Do you fear that God may be against you? Let your anguish lead you to Jesus.
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  Let Your Anguish Lead You to Jesus – Part 1 18.07.2026 2min

  He [Jesus] has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”Hebrews 13:5Jesus knows what it is to be separated from loved ones. At the Last Supper, He said to His disciples, “I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom” (Mat. 26:29).No one ever loved with a more perfect love than Jesus. With all His heart, He would have wanted to care for His mother. But on the cross, He had to trust her care to someone else. Jesus said to Mary, “Woman, behold your son!” And to John He said, “Behold your mother!” (Jn. 19:26, 27).When you are separated from loved ones, let your anguish lead you to Jesus. There is only one person who is able to say, “I will never leave you. I will never forsake you,” and that is the Lord Himself (Heb. 13:5). If the Lord is your Shepherd, you will not want.Even though you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you need fear no evil, for He will be with you. His rod and staff will comfort you. His goodness and mercy will follow you, and you will dwell in the house of the Lord forever (see Ps. 23).When you fear being separated from your loved ones, let your anguish lead you to Jesus.Is something threatening to separate you from a loved one? Turn to the One who has promised never to leave you or forsake you.