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Have you experienced a great failure of some sort (e.g., job or career loss; divorce; emotional breakdown; financial ruin, etc.)? How did dealing with such a failure affect your spiritual life?
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In a job, I experienced failure, but Jesus my Lord went ahead of me and protected me. In divorce, I experienced the comfort of God, when I was completely lost.
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Divorce. Probably one of the worst times of my life. It brought me to God.
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1 particular crisis point comes to mind. It occurred at a time when I was not walking with The Lord, though I would have said I was at the time. It resulted in a significant encounter with The Lord in 1993, which I now believe was a new birth experience. Quite simply life has 2 seasons as I look back – before Oct 1993, and after Oct 1993. The whole experience revolutionised mySpiritual life, and every significant and subsequent encounter finds its roots in this o
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Yes, but over time, it just strengthened my spiritual life.
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Divorce and loss of my job within a year, keep my away from God, at least in my mind. I left the Christian community for awhile but always knew God was there even though I was mad at Him for allowing both of those things to happen.