Leaning on His Promises
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learning to always trust God...
Karen had waited and trusted in God in everything she did. From been a child to being a grown woman, she journeyed in Christ. When the season to seek a helpmate arose, God laid the identity of the man for her, in her heart. However,you can guess just how devastating it was for her to see his wedding invitation card, with the name of another woman on it?
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Micheal had a long and hard battle with drugs, alcohol and sex. Right from childhood, he had been introduced to all types of habits that threatened to tear him apart from humanity and from the God his mother worshipped. Many times even after he had repented, he still found himself doing the things he promised not to do any longer .How does Jesus offer him freedom from the bonds that were destroying him, and how did he receive the help?
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