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Mitch Horton

Mar 26, 2021
3 min

Stumbling Blocks Into Stepping Stones

ut as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive (Genesis 50:20). When facing a severe trial of long duration, it’s important to keep perspective. Joseph spent many years bearing the repercussions of his brother’s misdeeds. Though he spent years of suffering shame and mockery in prison, the end result for Joseph was blessing, honor, and favor. Joseph turned his stumbling block meant to

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Mitch Horton

Mar 24, 2021
3 min

Dealing With Life’s Hard Places

On every side I am ever hard pressed, but never hemmed in; always perplexed, but never to the point of despair, always being persecuted, but never deserted, always getting a knockdown, but never a knockout! (2 Corinthians 4:8 – Williams) Tough times are a result of us living in a fallen world. None of us are immune. Jesus told us to be of good cheer when we face pressure. James tells us to count it pure joy when we fall into all kinds of tests and trials. J.B. Phillips Trans

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Mitch Horton

Mar 23, 2021
3 min

God Protects Us In Tough Times!

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him (Proverbs 30:5). When the harshness of life settles in like long monsoon rain, it gives hope to know that God our Father is taking good care of us. Some tests are of long duration. These are the times we must be rooted in the fact that God our Father always has His eye on us, and He has made promises to shield us and deliver us from the day of test. Tests and storms may come to our lives, but the Fa

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What’s Your Attitude In The Tough Situation?

Mitch Horton

Oct 20, 2020
3 min

What’s Your Attitude In The Tough Situation?

The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper (Genesis 39:23). Joseph is an example of the attitude we should have when things go south in our lives. As a teenager, God gave him a vision of himself as a leader. This vision changed how Joseph saw himself, and affected everything he did. Because he saw himself as an overcomer, he rose above every problem he enco

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A Lesson From David On How To Encourage Yourself

Mitch Horton

Mar 24, 2020
4 min

A Lesson From David On How To Encourage Yourself

1 Samuel 30:1-6 (NLT) – Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground. (2) They had carried off the women and children and everyone else but without killing anyone. (3) When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families, (4) they wept until they could weep no more. (5) David’s two wiv

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Reaping The Benefits From The Current Challenges

Mitch Horton

Mar 21, 2020
2 min

Reaping The Benefits From The Current Challenges

Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way (James 1:2-4 –The Message). Tests and difficulties are part of life on this planet. None of us are immune from hardship. Walking by faith doesn’t promise freed

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God And The Mother Eagle Have One Thing In Common

Mitch Horton

Nov 15, 2019
3 min

God And The Mother Eagle Have One Thing In Common

You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself (Exodus 19:4). As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings, so the Lord alone led him, and there was no foreign god with him (Deut 32:11-12). An eagle must lead his young to maturity or they will die. The baby eagle is helpless at birth and must be fed and cared for by its mother. High in a nest o

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Mitch Horton

Oct 15, 2019
3 min

How Is Your Attitude When Life Is Hard?

The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper (Genesis 39:23). Joseph is an example of the attitude we should have when things go awry in our lives. As a teenager, God gave him a vision of himself as a leader. This vision changed how Joseph saw himself, and affected everything he did. Because he saw himself as an overcomer, he rose above every problem he encou

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Mitch Horton

Sep 10, 2019
2 min

Don’t Quit!

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns (Phil 1:6 – NLT). This verse has been a great encouragement to me over the years. Discouragement and disappointment affect us all at times. At one point in my life, it seemed as though all that the Lord had done in my life was for nothing. The enemy attacked me with discouragement as I looked back at where I had been and then

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Mitch Horton

Jul 26, 2019
3 min

Words And Faith Go Together!

And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak (2 Corinthians 4:13). For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says (Mark 11:23) Faith cannot be released from your heart to the Father without words. You could say

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Encourage Yourself In Life’s Tough Places

Mitch Horton

Jun 25, 2019
3 min

Encourage Yourself In Life’s Tough Places

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God (1 Samuel 30:6). David and his men came home from a battle to find their wives and children missing, and their city burned. His men blamed him for what happened and wanted to stone him. Even his friends and best buddies turned against him. But David found a way to k

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Mitch Horton

Nov 12, 2018
3 min

The Wisdom Of A Mother Eagle

You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself (Exodus 19:4). As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings, so the Lord alone led him, and there was no foreign god with him (Deut 32:11-12). An eagle must lead his young to maturity or they will die. The baby eagle is helpless at birth and must be fed and cared for by its mother. High in a nest o

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God Is Able To Finish What He Started In You!

Mitch Horton

Jul 11, 2018
3 min

God Is Able To Finish What He Started In You!

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns (Phil 1:6 – NLT). This verse has been a great encouragement to me over the years. Discouragement and disappoint affect us all at times. At one point in my life, it seemed as though all that the Lord had done in my life was for nothing. The enemy attacked me with discouragement as I looked back at where I had been and then look

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Mitch Horton

May 3, 2018
2 min

Life’s Tough Places Make You Stronger!

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:17-18). When you’re going through a rough place in life, these verses contain some wisdom for the fight. Realize that the tough place is only temporary, and if yo

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Do You See The Cup Half Full Or Half Empty?

Mitch Horton

May 1, 2018
2 min

Do You See The Cup Half Full Or Half Empty?

For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us (2 Corinthians 1:20). Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place (2 Corinthians 2:14). Do you see the cup half full or half empty? Our attitude in life determines our perspective and our success in God. The Apostle Paul kept a positive attitude in spite of the negative circumstances he encountered

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Mitch Horton

Feb 3, 2018
3 min

Time Tests Faith!

Until the time that His word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him (Psalm 105:19). The above scripture refers to Joseph having a dream of leading his family and it taking 13 years for the dream to happen. The time between God speaking and God’s word to Joseph through the dream being fulfilled was a great time of testing. His brothers sold Joseph into slavery. Joseph was unjustly imprisoned, yet he refused to see himself as a victim of circumstance. He chose to keep hi

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Mitch Horton

Jan 10, 2018
3 min

Some Thoughts On Personal Fellowship With God

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created (Revelation 4:11). The Father created us for His pleasure. He created man so that He could have someone with which He could enjoy rich fellowship. We are created to bring Him pleasure. He has brought us into relationship with Himself through the New Birth. And once the relationship is established, He longs for close fellowship with yo

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Mitch Horton

Nov 7, 2017
2 min

Learn To Live Independently Of Your Circumstances!

It is not that I speak as regards a need, for, so far as I am concerned, I have come to learn, in the circumstances in which I am placed, to be independent of these and self-sufficient. I know in fact how to discipline myself in lowly circumstances. I know in fact how to conduct myself when I have more than enough. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret, both to be satiated and to be hungry, and to have more than enough and to lack. I am strong for all thin

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Mitch Horton

May 9, 2017
2 min

Tests and Difficulties Will Work To Your To Your Advantage If You Will Maintain A Right Attitude

Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way (James 1:2-4 –The Message) Tests and difficulties are part of life on this planet. None of us are immune from hardship. Walking by faith doesn’t promise freedo

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Mitch Horton

Nov 17, 2016
2 min

When Our Attitude Is Right, Life’s Tough Places Can Make Us Stronger!

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials (James 1:2). If we have the right attitude, then every challenge and hardship that comes our way can be an opportunity to become a stronger believer. Satan often brings tests and challenges into our lives to defeat us. He has yet to learn that the very thing he uses to defeat us is the very thing that enables our spiritual muscles to become strong! When we resist the pressure of a difficult circumstance with the

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