{"id":1415,"date":"2025-07-10T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2025-07-10T12:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:43:08","slug":"victory-in-the-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?p=1415","title":{"rendered":"Victory in the Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"february-27-2022\">July 13, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/dreamstime_s_29290569.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/dreamstime_s_29290569.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/dreamstime_s_29290569.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/dreamstime_s_29290569-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/dreamstime_s_29290569-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We face adversaries in a valley. In these times, our faith is revealed or our failures are magnified. Those who trust in the Lord always gain something for the better. We also face afflictions in the valleys of life. Miseries of mistakes. Ailments of the body and soul. And like Israel coming out of bondage, we rise above these afflictions to greater promises; for the area where they were used as forced labor to build the city of Ramses was only about 32 feet above sea level; but Jerusalem was some 2500 feet above sea level. So, in the low places Israel built a house for Pharaoh, but in the higher places of calling and deliverance Israel built a House for God, in Jerusalem. 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In these times, our faith is revealed or our failures are magnified. Those who trust in the Lord always gain something for the better. We also face afflictions in the valleys of life. Miseries of mistakes. Ailments of the body and soul. 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