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About the Trials and Thanksgiving Series

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It’s safe to say that no one is a stranger to hard seasons of life. Mental illness, severed relationships, crippling sickness, financial struggles, and more are realities. For some, these may be lifted and healed. God is certainly able. Sometimes though, He chooses not to, and these realities stay with us.

Why He chooses not to lift all hardships is a question that we don’t have an answer to. What we do know though is God’s character. He is always present with us. He understands our pain, and He is faithful to walk us through it. Because of this, even in our darkest days, we have hope!

This series looks at suffering in the Bible, and who God is in the midst of it. We hope you are encouraged by these devotionals to lift your eyes to our good, always present God who can be relied on, even when nothing else is steady.

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