"How do you maintain your faith during difficult seasons?"

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when the Israelites where in bondage, they prayed to be delivered but even when they were delivered, they wish they were back in bondage. In the desert, they were promised the land of milk and honey, but once they crossed the over the Jordan they learned they still needed to fight for it. They were tired and scared; such as life as a human.

It was never meant to be easy and it surely hasn't been in my life recently, but what other choice do we have but to trust God.
 
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God loves everyone the same, even though it might not seem as so, going through Adversities too!

I personally, have just not given up, how! Only by God's mercy, nothing of my own. I decided at a young age to not let go in trust to God
And I have been through a lot. Family death's first youngest sister, I was age 14, she was 18 died on an overdose of heroin.
My Dad three to four years later at age 63, I was 17, Joined service, at 18 got married month prior to entering, she had a kid, turned out not to be mine biologically. Got an annulment.. I was a mess. Still am, just a new view given me to see from Father's view Romans 12:2. through the done work of Son. to learn this truth fully., Still in process.
Then my eldest brother John died, he was 31, I was 21
There was no physical cause found. He volunteered on Campus Crusade for Christ. found passed away there. They did more than one Autopsy. They found no physical cause of death. That was in 1978
I had to go there to get his belongings. I met up with Bill bright the manager there then and others. They told me about the Autopsy, and wanted to do more of them. Permission was granted to them. They put on my brothers death certificate no physical cause of death found
I have been convinced of Jesus Christ's resurrection ever since and stand in trust to Father to learn and continue to learn in Love mercy and truth from Father while here in this world of troubles, we all go through.
Then, A tire machine at work, explodes in my face and I some how got it off of my face, busted my hands, my jaw and teeth knocked out. in 1978 about two to three months after my brother John's death

I was told, if I had not got it off my face fast enough as did, I would have been decapitated. I stood in trust to God, even through that trouble. I still continue to tell others of God's love and mercy for us all. Then got shot, stabbed, lung punctured, and air in my chest that the hospital stuck a giant needle in to let that escaped air out
And still lived.
I can't quit being available to God to be used by God to tell others of God's love and mercy for all.
Then in 2012, I ended up with Foreigners GangGreen and got amputations inside of me and outside as well
This gangreen was from a urinary tract infection. I died seven times per the doctors and revived by them 7 times.
Then I was not to live past a year after making though the first round of surgeries to safe me.
I was back in a year and considered dead again. yet I made it and am here to tell everyone God just loves us all y'all. Stand in that no matter what troubles happened to you, whether deserve it or not.
Yes God loves us all, otherwise that cross would not have ever happened at all
Decide and stand through any and all troubles in trust to God just loves you too, thank you

trust, has no way of knowing how, just knows from within God will get you through it. Exercise trust, thank you


That is an amazing testimony! Thank you for sharing. I always remind myself of the Scripture that speaks about angels encamping about us lest we dash our foot against a stone. We may never know how many times God kept us from horrible things happening. Or saved us from worse situations. Trust and obey, no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.
 
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back in august of 2024, my younger brother used a rope to hang himself. i witnessed the Lord Jesus to him for 41 years & he wouldn't accept salvation. you don't have to feel sorry for me, nobody liked the guy, not anyone in the family either.

We never know what could say that could reach a person. God knows the heart. We sow the seed, that's what God asks of us.
 
That is an amazing testimony! Thank you for sharing. I always remind myself of the Scripture that speaks about angels encamping about us lest we dash our foot against a stone. We may never know how many times God kept us from horrible things happening. Or saved us from worse situations. Trust and obey, no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.

through trust to God Father in risen Son given. One, anyone in belief to not deny God, no matter what troubles happens to them, even to others they know also and are in communion with sharing truth in this love and mercy for us all as a gift given From Father by Son first.
One and many learn to just love all naturally without any more conscience of sin. Since Son took away Sin at that cross for everyone to choose to beleive it, especially risen, these are gvien the new life in the risen Son to stand in it and see it. We each learn to faithfully, thankfully stand in trust back to God who remains faithful first. Has not God done that for you too? I bet God has, even seeing I have sinned again, learning how to stand in trust to God, me by faith given me to do it and not worry over it. Conscience purged from sin. Whenever I try to not to sin anymore, what happens, anyone else? Yet I have Seen God's faithfulness 2 Cor 12:7-10 continues have you? I bet we all have. God his good all the time as good is God all the time
Time to rest Hebrews 4:9-13
Yes it is a mess all around us all. And remains as so, as we each go through troubles, everyone. How to respond and stop trying to create our own ways to get through it all. Which is what this world teaches to do, even religions on the corner of walk and do not walk, under Law to get God got be pleased. as if God the Father of the risen Son will be pleased. How can that be when Romans 8:1-3 states differently?
And Hebrews 8:1-4?
 
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