Born for a Purpose

I feel abandoned in my trial. Why does God seem so distant when I need Him most? You're troubled, so you pray. You're distressed, so you cry for God to bring you quick relief. But all you hear in reply is silence--a silence so deafening it drowns out every thought but this: God isn't listening. Is that your testimony? If so, we want to help you attain a biblical perspective by providing a few principles for you to reflect on. We trust these thoughts will bring you comfort and hope. Yours Is a Common Experience Feel left alone? Other believers have felt the same way. Peruse the writings of Oswald Chambers, Charles Spurgeon, and D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and you'll discover they knew well the agony you experience. Spurgeon wrote this autobiographical account in his comments on  Psalm 88:6 : He who now feebly expounds these words knows within himself more than he would care or dare to tell of these abysses of inward anguish. He has sailed around the Cape of Storm...

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His Love Endures Forever | Psalm 136:1-9 Psalm 136:1-9 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever. to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever.  who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever.  who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.  who made the great lights - His love endures forever.  the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.  the moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever. Our heavenly Father is the God of gods and the Lord of lords; and...he is good. Everything he does is right. His love is unconditional. He has provided the way to himself through his Son, Jesus. We belong to him because of "his enduring loyal love." Twenty-six times in this Old Testament song, worshippers repeated, "His love endu...

God Stooped Down | Psalm 138:6-8 Psalm 138:6-8 Though the LORD is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar.Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me. The LORD will vindicate me; your love, LORD, endures forever-do not abandon the works of your hands.   God stooped down. Although he is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly. God stooped down. Though lofty, he still sees me right where I am. God stooped down. He is there in my challenges. God stooped down. He saved my life. God stooped down. He protects me from my enemies. God stooped down. He defends me. God stooped down. His love never quits on me. God stooped down. He will never abandon me. God stooped down to breathe life into Adam. God stooped down to breathe eternal life into my dead soul through Jesus.  The amazing truth of Scripture: God stooped down. ...