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Faith for the City Faith Featured Kayode Ilupeju Notes

When life gets difficult: Finding strength to keep going

Faith for the City | Week 33 — Volume 9: Overcoming Life’s Challenges Opening Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:8–9 (NIV) “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” Life does not always follow the plans we make for it. We Read More…

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Faith for the City Faith Kayode Ilupeju Notes

Hope That Holds When Life Hurts

1 Peter 1:6–9 Life has a way of testing us. Not every trial announces its arrival. Some come suddenly—a medical diagnosis, the loss of employment, an unexpected bereavement, or the collapse of carefully laid plans. Others arrive quietly, stretching over months or even years, leaving us wondering whether the season of hardship will ever end. Read More…