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2 Kings 4 18-2 Kings 4 20
The child grew. One day he went out to get his father. His father was with the people who were gathering the crops.The boy said to his father,“ My head hurts! It really hurts!” His father told a servant,“ Carry him to his mother.”The servant lifted up the boy. He carried him to his mother. The boy sat on her lap until noon. Then he died.
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1 Peter 4 12
Dear friends, don’t be surprised by the terrible things happening to you. The trouble you are having has come to test you. So don’t feel as if something strange were happening to you.
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James 1:2-4
My brothers and sisters, you will face all kinds of trouble. When you do, think of it as pure joy.Your faith will be tested. You know that when this happens it will produce in you the strength to continue.And you must allow this strength to finish its work. Then you will be all you should be. You will have everything you need.
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Psalms 104:29
When you turn your face away from them, they are terrified. When you take away their breath, they die and turn back into dust.
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Job 34:14
If he really wanted to, he could hold back his spirit and breath.
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Daniel 5:23
You have taken your stand against the Lord of heaven. You had your servants bring cups from his temple to you. You and your nobles drank wine from them. So did your wives and concubines. You praised your gods. The statues of those gods are made out of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood or stone. They can’t see or hear or understand anything. But you didn’t honor God. He holds in his hand your very life and everything you do.
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Zechariah 12:10
“ I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on David’s family line. I will also send it on those who live in Jerusalem. They will look to me. I am the one they have pierced. They will mourn over me as someone mourns over an only child who has died. They will be full of sorrow over me. Their sorrow will be just like someone’s sorrow over an oldest son.
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Genesis 22:1-2
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him,“ Abraham!”“ Here I am,” Abraham replied.Then God said,“ Take your son, your only son. He is the one you love. Take Isaac. Go to the place called Moriah. Give your son to me there as a burnt offering. Sacrifice him on the mountain I will show you.”
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1 Peter 1 7
Your troubles have come in order to prove that your faith is real. Your faith is worth more than gold. That’s because gold can pass away even when fire has made it pure. Your faith is meant to bring praise, honor and glory to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ returns.
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John 11:3-4
So the sisters sent a message to Jesus.“ Lord,” they told him,“ the one you love is sick.”When Jesus heard this, he said,“ This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory. God’s Son will receive glory because of it.”
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John 11:14
So then he told them plainly,“ Lazarus is dead.
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Job 12:10
He holds the life of every creature in his hand. He controls the breath of every human being.
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James 1:12
Blessed is the person who keeps on going when times are hard. After they have come through hard times, this person will receive a crown. The crown is life itself. The Lord has promised it to those who love him.
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James 2:26
A person’s body without their spirit is dead. In the same way, faith without good deeds is dead.