How Christ Cuts Through our Anxiety with His Presence

08/01/19 • 21 min

"But when Mom started laying down her fears to her counselor one at a time, Delores looked her straight in the eye, “Beth, you’re painting a picture of a life without God in it.

Delores’ words shook something in mom. Where WAS God in the picture she was painting? Over and over she was practicing the absence of God. Over and over she was painting a picture of her new location and Christ was nowhere in sight."

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"But when Mom started laying down her fears to her counselor one at a time, Delores looked her straight in the eye, “Beth, you’re painting a picture of a life without God in it.

Find transcript at aThirstforGod.com

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