https://headhearthand.org/blog/2010/01/14/blessed-defeat/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 https://headhearthand.org/blog/2010/01/14/blessed-defeat/#comment-3146 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:35:28 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/blog/2010/01/14/blessed-defeat/#comment-3146 Thanks for your kind words, Don. I’m so glad that you’ve received encouragement through this post. Your testimony will be a help to others, I’m sure.

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2010/01/14/blessed-defeat/#comment-3145 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:25:34 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/blog/2010/01/14/blessed-defeat/#comment-3145 David, I’ve been a non-commenting reader of your blog for quite some time now. Your posts are always very thought-provoking – thank you.But this particular post stands out for me as a real encouragement. God is blessing our new church whose genesis grew out of a heart-wrenching realisation that we had been lulled into tolerating an apostate ‘gospel’. The decision to withdraw to form a new church was a matter of prolonged prayer over months. At times we felt like we were truly wandering in the wilderness. And even now, at times, we struggle to know God’s leading. But we are seeing His faithfulness in many ways – answers to prayers we at first find contrary to what we think God wants – but as we are obedient, discover they are answers far superior to the question we asked.We are learning to do without the trappings of the contemporary church and learning that it is in the wilderness that we can appreciate the marvelous nature of God’s almighty grace.

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