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Overcoming Adversity Part 4 - Learning how to forgive totally changed my life | Mark 11:20-26
Mark's Gospel, Overcoming Adversity Sharon Edmundson 2 Mark's Gospel, Overcoming Adversity Sharon Edmundson 2

Overcoming Adversity Part 4 - Learning how to forgive totally changed my life | Mark 11:20-26

Overcoming adversity - part 4. The power of forgiveness is something that we talk a lot about in the Christian church. Christ forgave us, so we can and should forgive others. And it is no coincidence that Jesus talks about forgiveness at the end of our mini-series on Overcoming Adversity.

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Overcoming Adversity Part 3 - The secret to getting prayer answered? | Mark 11:20-26
Mark's Gospel, Overcoming Adversity Matt Edmundson Mark's Gospel, Overcoming Adversity Matt Edmundson

Overcoming Adversity Part 3 - The secret to getting prayer answered? | Mark 11:20-26

Overcoming adversity - part 3. When it comes to overcoming adversity, we often find ourselves praying and asking God for help. But does that make sense? Does God even care about my prayers? Does He even listen? And if He hears me - will he actually do anything? This week we take a look at what Jesus says about prayer, and how we can know what God's plan for our lives is.

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Overcoming Adversity Part 2 - Face the truth and stop living in denial | Mark 11:20-26
Mark's Gospel, Overcoming Adversity Matt Edmundson Mark's Gospel, Overcoming Adversity Matt Edmundson

Overcoming Adversity Part 2 - Face the truth and stop living in denial | Mark 11:20-26

Overcoming adversity - part 2. If positive thinking isn't the answer (what we talked about last week), then what is? What is Jesus' strategy for overcoming adversity and obstacles? This week we carry on looking at Mark 11, where Jesus tells about mountain-moving faith...but it's not what you'd expect!

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Overcoming Adversity Part 1 - Why the power of positive thinking isn't that powerful | Mark 11:20-26
Mark's Gospel, Overcoming Adversity Matt Edmundson Mark's Gospel, Overcoming Adversity Matt Edmundson

Overcoming Adversity Part 1 - Why the power of positive thinking isn't that powerful | Mark 11:20-26

We all have obstacles and adversity to deal with - heck, we are in the middle of a pandemic that is affecting us all. So how to do we overcome such things? Well, the standard answer is just to think positively, be optimistic, see the glass as half full..but does that really work? Or does Jesus have some other advice to give us?

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