Last modified: August 15, 2022
Brady• August 15, 2022•
We all go through tough times, just as well-respected and courageous individuals did in Scripture (Elijah, David, and John the Baptist, to name a few).
But struggling in certain parts of our life doesn’t mean that we need to struggle in all of it. When we’re feeling sad, we need to look in three directions: within, around, and up.
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CloseIn 2 Samuel 12, David is told that because of his sin with Bathsheba (and Uriah), the sword will never leave his house. Bible students know what that means. For the rest of his life, David would watch as his family tore itself apart, from sons raping half sisters, to sons leading coups, to brothers attempting to steal the throne from each other, and more. Some families today are like that (minus the violence). A lot of people grew up in an environment that is tense, angry, backbiting, and overall not pointed towards God. If that's you and you're a parent, you have one job: Get the sword out of your house.
Last modified: August 15, 2022