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Counterfeit comfort

By Dave Henning / April 29, 2014

So he (Elijah) got up and ate and drank.  Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.  There he went into a cave and spent the night.  And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”- 1 Kings […]

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What’s the matter?

By Dave Henning / April 28, 2014

God heard the boy (Ishmael) crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is the matter, Hagar?” In Chapter 12 (“A Stubborn Spirit: Exile from Him is Self-Imposed”) of Wounded by God’s People, Anne Graham Lotz tells of her meeting with William, an investigative journalist who had written an article describing […]

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When the silence is ours

By Dave Henning / April 27, 2014

In Chapter 11 (“The Silence is Broken”) of Wounded by God’s People, Anne Graham Lotz begins with a statement that summarizes the entire chapter: “Sometimes the most valuable lessons are caught, not taught.”  Anne then describes a pivotal and memorable moment in her own life. Anne was seventeen and about to graduate from high school.  […]

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Cry out to Jesus

By Dave Henning / April 26, 2014

I had said in my alarm, “I am cut off from your sight.”  But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help.- Psalm 31:22 Anne Graham Lotz begins Chapter 10 (“God Stands By: He Hears Your Cry for Help”) of Wounded by God’s People by telling of […]

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Embrace the darkness

By Dave Henning / April 25, 2014

“The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.”- Exodus 20:21 In Chapter 9 (“Wandering in the Wilderness: God Is Still There”) of Wounded by God’s People, Anne Graham Lotz recalls a time in her life so spiritually dry and barren that oppression and darkness crushed her spirit.  Even […]

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For those tears I died

By Dave Henning / April 24, 2014

“I remember my affliction. . . the bitterness and the gall.  I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.  Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope.  Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.”- Lamentations 3:19-22 Anne Graham Lotz begins Chapter […]

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God: Genie or Divine Gardener?

By Dave Henning / April 23, 2014

“I am the vine, you are the branches.  Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. . . . By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”- John 15: 5, […]

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All we’ve got to do is turn around

By Dave Henning / April 22, 2014

“Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins might be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.”- Acts 3:19 As Anne Graham Lotz concludes Chapter 6 of Wounded by God’s People, she states that the Bible describes Hagar’s turnaround as repentance.  What is true for Hagar is true for […]

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The eyes of the blind shall be opened

By Dave Henning / April 21, 2014

And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?”  “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.  Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress . . . “-Genesis 16: 8-9 As Anne Graham Lotz continues her discussion of spiritual blind […]

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The domino effect

By Dave Henning / April 20, 2014

“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?”- Matthew 7:3 In Chapter 6 of Wounded by God’s People, Anne Graham Lotz perceptively notes that the hurt feeling and injured pride provoked by our woundedness can distort our perspective and […]

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Was blind but now I see

By Dave Henning / April 19, 2014

Anne Graham Lotz begins Chapter 6 (“Spiritual Blind Spots: You are Missing the Obvious”) of Wounded by God’s People by telling us that her mother Ruth suffered from macular degeneration in her later years.  At one point Ruth told Anne that all she could see when she looked at Anne was “a blank spot framed […]

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Believers in exile

By Dave Henning / April 18, 2014

The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.  And he said, “Hagar . . .”- Genesis 16:7-8 “Where can I go from your Spirit?  Where can I flee from your presence?”- Psalm 139: 7 In Chapter 5 (“God Cares: […]

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