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Why Try
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Why Try · Around August 1, 2026
Why Try: Week 6 - Saturday
Throughout Scripture, we learn that God is all-powerful. This means that God is not only more powerful than anything, but He also holds all of the power. There is nothing outside of His control or power, and there is no…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 31, 2026
Why Try: Week 6 - Friday
When was the last time you felt like saying, “I give up?” Maybe you were trying to become a long-distance runner and realized by mile 3 that this kind of running is not for you. Maybe you felt like giving up after tryin…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 30, 2026
Why Try: Week 6 - Thursday
In our Bible study this week, we have talked about the marvelous truth in Romans 8 that God loves us. In fact, He loves us so much that He showed us the extent of His love by sending Jesus to die on the cross for our si…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 29, 2026
Why Try: Week 6 - Wednesday
I have heard it said, “What gets repeated gets remembered.” You undoubtedly know this truth to be true because you have experienced it in your own life. If you have young children, you understand that’s why you tell the…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 28, 2026
Why Try: Week 6 - Tuesday
Paul teaches us in Romans 8:31 that God is “for us.” In His great love for His people, God's desire for us is to live in the life and freedom available in Him. He wants us to find hope in Him amidst the hopelessness of …
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 27, 2026
Why Try: Week 6 - Monday
For over a month in our Bible study together, we have been studying Romans 8, a passage of Scripture that gives followers of Christ so many reasons to hope. Throughout this passage of Scripture, Paul teaches that those …
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Why Try · Around July 25, 2026
Why Try: Week 5 - Saturday
One of my favorite things to do is to read. I love getting lost in a good story, desperate to find out what will happen to the characters in my book, who have become like friends to me. In fact, I must confess that some…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 24, 2026
Why Try: Week 5 - Friday
It has been said that each of us has either just walked through a storm, is currently in one, or is about to walk through one. Indeed, this world is full of pain and suffering, and no one is immune to the suffering and …
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 23, 2026
Why Try: Week 5 - Thursday
And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering.
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 22, 2026
Why Try: Week 5 - Wednesday
My very least favorite time of the year is springtime. Sure, it is often a beautiful time of the year, but with it comes the pollen. Spring allergies are one of the biggest reminders to me that things here on earth are …
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 21, 2026
Why Try: Week 5 - Tuesday
What comes to mind when you think of the word “temporary”? For some, the word “temporary” brings relief. For others, this word brings unease because they like stability. For each one of us, there is one instance in whic…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 20, 2026
Why Try: Week 5 - Monday
But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.
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Why Try · Around July 4, 2026
Why Try: Week 4 - Saturday
How do you know that anyone is trustworthy? It is simple. We know that someone is trustworthy when they do what they say they will do. After all, when someone is not true to their word, we naturally conclude that we can…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 3, 2026
Why Try: Week 4 - Friday
And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory.
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 2, 2026
Why Try: Week 4 - Thursday
In many false religions, the false gods of these religions are aloof. They are distant. They do not care about the people who claim to worship them. This is not the case with our God, the one true God. Scripture teaches…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around July 1, 2026
Why Try: Week 4 - Wednesday
There is a reason why many young children run straight to their dads when they are scared, whether because of a thunderstorm or a nightmare. Children run straight to their dads when they are afraid because they find dee…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 30, 2026
Why Try: Week 4 - Tuesday
See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are!
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 29, 2026
Why Try: Week 4 - Monday
We were reminded during the weekend message that “the key to living a hope-filled life is not found in trying harder.” Instead, it is found in surrendering our lives and our will over to God. When we surrender to Him, w…
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