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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear
friends <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sometimes
we feel caught between a rock and a hard place and we have concluded that we
are in a spiritual / emotional / social “blind alley” and that “things will
never change anyway.” We have been struggling with issues and have given up
praying. We just don’t believe anymore that God will or can act on our behalf.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Isaiah
reminds us that in the midst of trouble God is able to deliver us: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><sup><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>27</span></sup></i></b><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i></span><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Why do you say, O Jacob,<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
and complain, O Israel,<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
"My way is hidden from the LORD;<span
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my cause is disregarded by my God"?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i><b><i><sup
id=en-NIV-18449><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>28</span></sup></i></b><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i></span><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Do you not know?<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
Have you not heard?<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
The LORD is the everlasting God,<span
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the Creator of the ends of the earth.<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
He will not grow tired or weary,<span
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and his understanding no one can fathom.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i><b><i><sup
id=en-NIV-18450><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>29</span></sup></i></b><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i></span><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>He gives strength to the
weary<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
and increases the power of the weak.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i><b><i><sup
id=en-NIV-18451><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>30</span></sup></i></b><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i></span><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Even youths grow tired and
weary,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
and young men stumble and fall;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i><b><i><sup
id=en-NIV-18452><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>31</span></sup></i></b><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i></span><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>but those who hope in the
LORD<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
will renew their strength.<span
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They will soar on wings like eagles;<span
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they will run and not grow weary,<span
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they will walk and not be faint.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
service starts at 18h00 downstairs in the lounge where we will be praying for
folks. The Lord loves his children and is able to break chains and deliver.
Even when you feel stuck between a rock and a hard place it will not be a dead
end with the Lord Jesus! He “<i>is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask
or imagine according to his power that is at work within us”</i> (Ephesians 3:
20)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Love
in Jesus <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bernard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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