From such a horrible death He has saved us and will save us: in Him we have our hope, that He will save us again (2 Corinthians 1:10)
They are nicknamed the “lost children” of Sudan. Thousands of them fled the country's civil war, and fled chaos and killing. Many of them had studied the gospel in churches founded by missionaries, but they had little knowledge of the world outside their homeland.
An article in National Geographic tells of one of the “lost children” now living in the United States. He told the church congregation that he was very grateful for the help from America, and also for the faith he learned through adversity. "Americans believe in God," he said, "but they don't know what God can do."
In severe trials, we move from theory to reality when we experience God's power. When there seems to be no hope, we can share the feelings of Paul who said, “The burdens that were placed upon us were so great and so heavy, that we also gave up on our lives”
(2 Corinthians 1:8). But we too can learn, like Paul, that in times of darkness “we do not trust in ourselves, but only in God, who raises the dead” (v. 9).
If today God has allowed you to be in a hopeless situation, consider all that has been done and still can be done by Almighty God. By trusting God in trouble, we know what He can do in our lives —David McCasland
GOD IS THE ONLY ALLY WHAT WE CAN ALWAYS RELY ON
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