{"id":445,"date":"2017-06-07T17:37:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T17:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/?p=445"},"modified":"2017-06-07T18:56:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T18:56:40","slug":"dealing-with-tough-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/?p=445","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Tough Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u2014John 16:33<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Dealing with difficult seasons in your life is never easy. In fact, the season\/situation will lend to some form loneliness. During a moment or time throughout your day, you will be forced to deal with that situation. Although, sometimes we might want to put it behind us, one can\u2019t help but consider what is to be learned from this season.<\/p>\n

Difficult seasons are humbling ones because you find out a lot about yourself. \u00a0You see life tends to hit us head on as we are faced with making decisions. Some of these decisions are life changing while others are but a dot in our day.<\/p>\n

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The more I call on Jesus the Better I feel!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The truth is when we are having a tough time, we don\u2019t usually collaborate about the situation. We don’t always approach personal issues as a group, and that\u2019s to be understood.<\/p>\n

Appreciate the silence and the absence of external factors that often cloud our perspectives and focus your attention on exactly what God\u2019s will is for your life. \u00a0The silence, I have to admit feels like a long wait, but it is during this wait that God intends for us to release the weight.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t give people control over your feelings because of the season or situation that you might be dealing with. \u00a0Remember that God has set you apart, He has not set you aside and as you work through this, while walking with Him; ask God to lead and guide you about what to say and how to say it. If you ever have a question about what to say, let me encourage you to call on Jesus and I guarantee you will feel better and that you will overcome this thing!<\/p>\n

-Lady Mel<\/p>\n

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I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.\u201d\u00a0\u2014John 16:33 Dealing with difficult seasons in your life is never easy. In fact, the season\/situation will lend to some form loneliness. During a moment or time … Continue reading Dealing with Tough Times<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[65,60,10,64,66,67,62,61,68,69,63,49,28,45,40,21,18,8,42,52,43,27,39,53,48,56,55,36,30,58,37,54,51,35,57,5,44,50,25,26,47,33,9,41,38,31,19,22,20,23,46,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=445"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}