2009-09-25T10:23:20-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/overcoming/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2016:33&version=NIV 2009-09-25T10:23:20-05:00 God doesn't promise us freedom from earthly troubles--in fact, just the opposite. Here Jesus warns that trouble lies ahead for his followers. But he follows this with a reassurance that God has already triumphed over sin. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/a-cinch-by-the-inch-2788 2009-09-18T14:17:45-05:00 If you're looking at the whole trip and feeling overwhelmed, intimidated, paralyzed and afraid, don't look at the whole trip. The trip is God's problem. The big map is His concern. http://intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=54231&columnid=3803 2009-02-27T17:55:00-05:00 Devoting ourselves to Christ! Be a person who is devoted to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, so distractions and past or future hurts and problems do not consume you.