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10 Encouraging Words for the Discouraged

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Encouraging Words: God is Painfully, Powerfully, Perfectly ... in Control

God is in Control

Encouraging Words: God is in Control

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Encouraging Words:
God is in control. He is sovereign ... even in our pain, even in our troubles. Through it all, his love is transforming us, perfecting us, completing us.

James 1:2-4
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. (NLT)

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