Jacob Foster (California, USA)
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Sign Up TodayWhenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. - James 1:2-4 (NRSV)
I have chronic pain that can inhibit me from carrying out everyday activities. I owned my own irrigation business, and I was constantly reminded of the pain in my back. After dealing with pain and stiffness for about a year, I was diagnosed with arthritis in my lower back. For...
What challenges have taught me to rely on God?
To find joy during life’s struggles
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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.”
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