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Laurie Cole

Author, Speaker, Teacher

When Life Hurts: 3 Must-Remember Truths

I was a Precept Bible Study leader for almost 15 years. Every week after our class discussion, we watched the video teaching by Kay Arthur, and so many of her messages and stories are forever etched in my heart and mind.

One of my favorite things Kay taught was something she called The 5 Deadly Ds. As in Disappointment, Discouragement, Defeat, Despair, and Depression. When life hurts, the deadly Ds always show up.

Today on Front Porch Friday, I’ll share about a time when my life hurt. I’ll also take you to a chapter in the Bible written specifically for those who hurt, and we will discover 3 must-remember truths to cling to when life hurts. See you on the porch!

 

P. S. Are you hurting? Do you need prayer? Post a comment or prayer request, and it will be my privilege to pray for you. Love!

 

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  1. Hallo Laurie

    I’ve started our kids from the beginning of the year. As a result my daughter (8) is battling to make friends & misses her school friend very much. I heard today from my son (10) that one of the girls of another homeschool mommy doesn’t like my daughter due to her being strong willed & scared of their dog. This little girl confided in my son.

    I’ve invited them over in next week & my daughter is so excited as she likes this girl … I don’t know how to handle this & if I should say something to my daughter. I want to protect my daughter against this rejection. My husband is of the opinion that I should cancel the play date.

    Please pray with me for wisdom.

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    • Thanks for sharing your prayer request with me, Maryke. I will certainly be praying for you and your daughter and trusting that God will give you wisdom to help her. When our kids hurt, we hurt. Claiming James 1:5 with you.

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  2. I don’t know what to say! I was getting ready to write a note to my friends asking for prayer after a long night with my sick husband, but before I did I saw this in my inbox. Great is thy faithfulness, morning by morning new mercies I see. last night hurt, but God IS faithful, and His mercies ARE new every morning. I remember years ago my spiritual Mom teaching me about the deadly D’s but when you are in them it’s difficult to remember. So God sends sisters and brothers to help. God is so very kind to give us traveling buddies for the journey. Lord bless you sweet sister. Sometimes I don’t know what I would do without you. And, I know I can’t even imagine life without our Lord. “It will be worth it all when we see Jesus”. love you, and thanks again for the front porch. I am so grateful to God for your teachings.

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    • Thank you, Debra, for the praise report. God is so good, and I will be praying that He will continue to encourage and strengthen you as you care for your husband. Much love to you, dear sister!

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  3. Miss Laurie,
    I have watched Front Porch Fridays since I studied Beauty by the Book with my daughter a few years ago. In December of 2015, I had a massive stroke and all I had to cling to was Jesus. I couldn’t speak or read. The only thing I could do was pray in my mind and heart. I was so lost without my Bible. I would look at your book and remember that I was not alone, I have Jesus. I can’t work yet, sometimes I still I forget words, but because your front porch Friday is back, I’m not lonely. Thank you! Paula

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    • Sweet Paula, I can’t even begin to express what a blessing your precious note was to me. Thank you for letting me know what you’ve been going through and how the Lord has been with you through it ALL. I know He is using your sweet spirit and strong faith in a powerful way — when we are weak, He is strong. I love you, dear sister, and it is a privilege to pray for you and to meet you on the porch each week. XXXs & OOOs from me to you.

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  4. Laurie,
    I am in need of some major prayer. Within the last so many years, I have been hurt by church people I thought was my sisters in Christ. Just as soon as I get past one hurt here comes another and I find myself dreading to go to church each morning that I also find myself crying. What is also interesting is that the attacks came on heavy when I became a Youth Director. Our Pastor always tells us that Ministry is hard and that the evil one will do everything he can do destroy it, but at times I just can’t seem to just accept that. The hurts our on my mind more, and I feel I just need to move on and just take some time away to get my heart back to a restore stage. I feel overwhelmed and stressed. Prayers please. Thanks.

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    • Angela, I just saw your comment. Please forgive me for not seeing it days ago and responding to you. My prayers are certainly with you, dear sister. Sadly, many of us have been hurt by church members. But I want to encourage you to allow love and forgiveness to prevail in your life and over these circumstances. Your pastor is right: the enemy wants to discourage and defeat you. I also feel led to tell you to read and re-read Ephesians. It will meet you right in the middle of the hurt you’re experiencing and encourage you to press on. Much love and prayers to you, Angela.

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      • Thanks so much, Laurie. I can tell prayers have been done because of the process of healing I am experiencing. I will definitely read Ephesians.
        Blessings,
        Angela Swain

        PS: I am getting a blessing from Front Porch Friday’s!

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  5. Laurie! You won’t believe this, well maybe you will 🙂
    I know I wrote two years ago, but today as I was reading a message from Adrian Rogers about temptations and trials it said, satan brings temptations to stumble us, while God allows trials to cause us to learn to stand firm. Well, I have been doing your Princess Warrior video through the summer and into fall, and life has been hurting big time! I didn’t feel like the armor was working very well. Talk about the deadly D’s! Yesterday, Jesus spoke to the storm and told it to hush, and peace has finally come as a kind Judge granted us a restraining order. But I was still feeling bruised. And then as I reflected on that thought that God allows trials to teach us to stand firm, I thought about the armor study! This summer has been the summer from Hades with a neighbor that I tried to do a Bible study with turning hostile on our family, attacking each member including our dog! . She kept calling the police on us because our dog got into her yard, and then finally she made the anonymous call to cps on us accusing us of all kinds of evil. As I thought about the armor, I realized that I have stood firm, by the grace of God. I didn’t give up on Jesus like I had when I was younger when my parents divorced. Now, as a child of God, with your lessons on the armor, I had stood, and prayed, and trusted for each step forward…As I listened to you say, I wasn’t as strong as I thought, I could so identify. And yet, God is still faithful. “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my life, and my portion forever”. Part of His faithfulness is in giving me you for a teacher. The churches in this dark neck of the woods do not have teachers like you, but God is faithful to find a way of escape that we may endure. Thank you, love the porch! even a second time around. 🙂 Have a blessed day! Praying for you as you pray for us.

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