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What is the value of a thorn in our Christian journey? First, we must identify what a thorn is. According to the Dictionary one definition describes a thorn as “a source of continual annoyance or trouble”. A thorn can cause an immediate pain from its puncture or it can cause constant irritation and distress. Thorns that appear as a source of trouble are usually not welcomed companions on our daily quest. But the thorns we encounter are useful despite their irritations and disruptions. Thorns come to challenge and to strengthen your faith, your character, and your witness as a child of God. Thorns are the mechanism from which you gain more than you lose. Thorns are the pathway to reaching higher heights and deeper depths of sanctification and glory. With each thorn that attaches itself to your life, you become more and more like Christ. You become an overcomer of the thing that came to irritate or to disrupt your growth, but it, in turn, propels you into greater achievement in holy livi...
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Guided Devotional: We Still Believe In And Choose God




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The bible gives us many accounts of who God is and what He can do in us and for us. We as His children get the privilege through our daily walk with Him to discover Him in a personal way. It is through our personal journeys with Him that we are able to define who He is to us based on our unique experiences with Him.

Over time we learn God in how He communicates with us, how He encourages us, how He motivates us, and even how He reprimands us. There is a beautiful and uniquely individual way in which we get to know God through His words and in His relationship with us. It is that special relationship that bond that comes from knowing Him in such an intimate way that comes into play when life hits us hard and we feel lost, defeated, or filled with fear and uncertainty. There is something on the inside that reminds us of who we believe in and who we've come to know not just from His word but from our daily encounters with Him. 

It is in spite of the pain, disappointments, false witnesses, oppression, weariness, and doubt that our resolve is kindled. For we stand on the facts and presence of God in our lives that enables us to keep our faith in Him and in His promises. Even when our mind and our will want to throw in the towel our hearts and our spirit remind us not to give up on the God we've come to know and rely on. We are determined to believe in God and choose God when the way out can’t be seen. To believe in and choose God when our request has yet to be fulfilled. To believe in and choose God when the world seems to have walked away from Him and His ways. To believe in and choose God when we feel were in a battle all alone. We choose God over and over again because of who He is to us. Because we have had the privilege of getting to know the God of creation so intimately, to learn of his ways and to discover his heart and depth of love for all of mankind. To know God is to love God and to love His character and to believe in Him come what may for He is worthy of and due our faith and commitment. So we press on pledging to stand up for, stand with, and forever choose to believe in the One we walk daily with and love with all of our hearts.

Journal Prompt: 

What’s your special relationship with God like? When do you feel the closest to God? How does God speak to you? Share why you still choose God and choose to be in relationship with God even during the rough times?


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