Befriend by Scott Sauls

Author:Scott Sauls
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism
ISBN: 9781496418333
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2016-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Greatness through Sorrow

As I consider these and others who have shown faith, courage, others-centeredness, and even joy in the face of sorrow and death—most especially those I have gotten close to in friendship during their dying days—I have noticed a common theme that describes all of them.

They are all people who have, for years, leaned heavily on the Bible.

If you poke Pastor David with a fork, he will bleed Old and New Testament. When I asked Billy and John how they could live with such others-centeredness and otherworldly joy in their darkest hour, both said that they had read Scripture almost daily for years, and Scripture’s promises had prepared them for the hardest days. David and Nancy, Steven and Mary Beth, and many others would agree: their refuge in the valley of the shadow of death is in God’s Bible promises about the future of everything, including promises like this one:

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