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Charles Spurgeon on Divine Preservation - Traditional (Isaiah 43:2) - Illustration on when | IllustrateTheWord

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Charles Spurgeon on Divine Preservation - Traditional (Isaiah 43:2)

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"Not IF you pass through waters, but WHEN. Trials are certain; drowning is not. Not IF you walk through fire, but WHEN. Suffering is promised; destruction is prevented. God does not promise to keep us FROM the trial, but THROUGH it.

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Joyce Meyer on Supernatural Deliverance - Pentecostal (Isaiah 43:2)

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