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Apr 2023
25 m

How to Deal With Difficulty—Part One

Pastor Rick Warren
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If you’re a believer, God will work throughout your life to grow your faith. In fact, there’s a six-phase process of faitha dream, decision, delay, difficulty, dead end, and deliverancethat God will take you through again and again to develop your character and help you fulfill the dream he has given you. Jesus says in John 16:33, In this world you will have ... Show More
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