pain – DAVE GIPSON

Wounds

beliefSeptember 4, 20255KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Before God can use you in a huge way, first you need a really good wound. Or in the words of A.W. Tozer, “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply". That’s the reason few are lining up for a dose of what I’d call “real Christianity”,…

Dear victims,

BlogOctober 20, 2022766Views 0Likes 0Comments

Dear victims, You need to understand something about the pain you are feeling. Someone has hurt you, misused you, or abused you. You are right to feel wounded, and I'm sincerely grieved for what has happened to you. However, there is great danger in those wounds you're nursing right now. Sometimes the pity and sympathy…

Broken

BlogDecember 17, 20211KViews 0Likes 3Comments

I was sitting in a sanctuary of around 1500 people that Sunday morning. But I felt completely alone. We had just been through a whirlwind of death and then disappointment the previous year. Now we were in-between where we had been and where we were going. And we had no idea where that was. …

God’s Purpose in Your Pain

UncategorizedApril 20, 2016765Views 0Likes 0Comments

It’s after midnight on Sunday evening. Everyone in my neighborhood’s most likely in bed. But me? I’m walking the path around the man-made lake in our subdivision in pitch darkness. Hopefully, everyone else is asleep, because I’m spitting and cussing at God. What’s wrong? Enough that I’m wondering why God thinks I would…