2010-12-21T11:19:37-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/abandoned http://hutchcraft.com/christmas-moments/christmas-2010/skin-on 2010-12-21T11:19:37-05:00 Because of Christmas, we've got God with skin on. The Bible says that the Son of God "became flesh and made His dwelling among us (John 1:14). http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%204:8-9&version=NIV 2009-10-06T10:50:12-05:00 God's people are often hard-pressed by enemies and trials--but we're never crushed or completely defeated. As long as God is watching out for us, we'll make it through whatever life throws at us. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2016:32&version=NIV 2009-09-11T10:01:50-05:00 Jesus accurately predicted that at his darkest hour, he would be abandoned by all of his disciples and followers. But he would not be truly alone, for God was with him. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%2013:5&version=NIV 2009-09-09T14:47:31-05:00 What could possibly be more comforting than God's promise here to never leave or abandon us? It's a promise that no person could make to another, but when God makes a pledge like this, we can be assured that He will keep it. http://sermonindex.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=21009&forum=34&4 2008-01-03T20:31:35-05:00 All Christians, even the most eminent servants of God, have their dead and dark seasons--when the life of God seems sunk to so low an ebb as to be hardly visible--so hidden is the stream by the mud-banks of their fallen nature.