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Unanswered Prayer // Praise & Shine

Sometimes unanswered prayers are a blessing of protection. It’s comforting knowing that our God never makes a mistake, and He has great plans for us.

God could perform every miracle, answer every prayer, and perform acts of omnipotence to prove His power, but He doesn’t. His desire isn’t to force obedience from acts of power. What God wants is for us to know Him intimately as our Father, Friend, Comforter, Counselor, Lord–willingly, not under compulsion. Only faith can summon a response of love. Untested faith is unreliable faith, and without faith, it is impossible to love God.

We don’t grow in comfort. It’s in hard and discouraging times that don’t make sense; that our faith is strengthened and made more resilient. It is in these times that we lean into the Lord even more.

The best days are still ahead, so get ready! Stay in high anticipation of what God has planned for you, and do not be discouraged by unanswered prayer.

Stream It! // Showtime

Theaters were as crowded as Thanksgiving tables as four new releases battled for a piece of the box office pie over the holiday weekend.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City $5.3M
Eternals $7.9M
House of Gucci $14.4M
Ghostbusters: Afterlife $24.2M
Encanto $27.2M

It is a light week on new releases, giving you the perfect opportunity to catch one of the other recently released movies. If you prefer to stay in this weekend, check out these streaming options:

Netflix
Mixtape
Single All the Way
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

Disney +
Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Other new releases we are looking forward to include:

December 10
West Side Story

December 17
Spider-Man: No Way Home

December 22
Sing 2
The Matrix Resurrections

New release Blu-ray and DVDs include:

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Malignant

Grab some popcorns, pull up a seat and enjoy the show!