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Podcast: Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens
Episode: Helping in Hard Times
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READ: JOB 2:11-13; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-7; 1 PETER 1:3-9
Have you ever tried to cheer someone up, only to accidentally make them more upset? I’ve had times when I wanted to help someone who wasn’t doing well mentally or physically, but when I tried to say something, I felt like I only made the situation worse.
Proverbs 27:14 says, “If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.” It’s a funny proverb, but it reminds us that our good intentions can be taken the wrong way when we speak u...