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For When I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong

"...a thorn was given me in the flesh...Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." - 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 How can we be strong when we are weak? It doesn't seem to make sense, does it? Without a biblical perspective, it would be hard to understand this. However, in God's kingdom, Christ has come to make things right, to turn things upside down, so it does make perfect sense when we understand God's grace toward us and what it means to live humbly before our Creator God.

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Where Can We Find Hope?

When life feels very hard and pressures are high, when we feel let down and pressed down, when days feel dark and life pale, when joy feels far gone with no trace to hold on to, how do we find hope and remain hopeful in God?  The Apostle Paul gives us a great reminder in Romans 15:4, where he says, "For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope."

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Who Are You? – Which Voice Do You Listen To?

This world is full of different voices that keep telling us who are are, trying very hard to feed us with their worldview/value systems and ultimately to win our heart and loyalty. Every counselor/therapist has his/her own worldview and provides counseling based on that particular worldview. Here are two typical voices (worldviews) that we hear. Which one do you listen to? And how does that impact your own life and how you see the world?

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What Forgiveness Truly Means

We talk about or we hear people talk about forgiveness so much, and we often hear people tell us that we must forgive as a Christian, but we might feel confused sometimes - What is forgiveness really? Can I really forgive when the pain is so deep?

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From Anxiety to Peace

When we are overwhelmed with anxiety, even experiencing panic attacks, no one and nothing releases it from the root, except the peace of Jesus Christ. 当我们被焦虑所淹没，甚至经历恐慌时，除了耶稣基督所赐的平安之外，没有任何人或事能将它从根源解除。

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Anger toward God

It’s not surprising that there are many sufferings in life, but sometimes we would meet Christians who are full of anger toward God when they are going through sufferings or unpleasant things in life. Sometimes, we ourselves might complain about God or be angry toward him, accusing him of being unjust, unrighteous, and unloving towards us.

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Carry One Another’s Burdens

Suffering alone is not how God has created us to live. He has created us and redeemed us through his Son Christ Jesus, so that we may live and love one another in God’s community in our union with Christ and with one another, and this includes carrying one another’s burdens and helping one another in need. God calls us to do this as he speaks to us in Gal. 6:2, “Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the laws of Christ.”

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Listening with Wisdom

Have you ever reacted quickly and emotionally to what another person had just said, without asking them what they really meant by what they said and getting clarification, but only found out later that you had misunderstood them, that they didn’t mean what you thought they meant? 你是否曾对别人说的话快速和情绪化地作出反应，却没有先问对方他们究竟是什么意思或请他们作出澄清，而后来却发现是你误会了他们，他们所要表达的意思并不是你以为的那样？

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Emotions & Wisdom

God knows what He is doing because everything is from His good and merciful will, happening according to His plan. God is never surprised by anything, nor is he ever at a loss for what to do because all things are always under His control. 上帝知道祂在做什么，因为一切都是出于祂美善的旨意，在按照祂的计划进行。从来没有任何事情会让上帝感到意外或束手无策，因为一切都始终在祂掌权之下……