...sparrow and I know He watches over me. So take courage. As fierce as the wind may blow, still we rise. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;...despair. Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed. Still, we rise. No longer bound by our past failures and disappointments, we rise. It...

...earthen vessels , that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. II Corinthians 4:7 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;...despair, Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of...

...us. Imagine if Paul had concentrated on his own personal battles and inconveniences. He once wrote, "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed" (2 Corinthians 4:8-9). That's pretty easy to read, but can you imagine being troubled...

...situation. The Apostle Paul delineates some of his personal sufferings in 2 Corinthians 4:8-12: ". . . We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken, cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus . . . ." The Apostle to...

...3:26 KJV). If you ever feel like you are at the end of your rope — there's hope! The Bible says, "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed" (2 Corinthians 4:9). Remember, Satan tries to destroy us. However, there is a greater...

...In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of...

...Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us." (Rom. viii. 35-37.) "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of...

...remember those restless hours? Let roe share the entire passage that today's verse was excerpted from. "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;...despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of...

...have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed:...despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed. 5. Paradox is the fifth concept I want to emphasize. The idea here is one of recognizing...

...the overall war. (We speak here of tactical, procedural matters - not matters of essential doctrine.) "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;...despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of...