"It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes." (Psalm 119:71)
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God is setting up His eternal kingdom, and He uses the fiery trials of life to build our faith, mature us, lead us, deliver us, and develop character within us. Foremost, tests are one-way God's plan can merge with His purpose for our lives.
So, it’s critical to understand the purpose of trials so as to know what to do, how to do it, when to do it, why we are doing it, what happens if we don’t do it and what are our rewards for doing it right? A great insight is we embrace trials while resisting temptations. We must get it right here on earth, so as to be right when we arrive in heaven. Remember, there are no do-overs once we leave this life behind.
God desires us to embrace trials while resisting temptations.
Discerning the origin of trials helps formulate the proper response to them and uncovers God’s purposes behind them. Are they from the devil, our carnal mind, imposed by a fallen world and the people around us, or something God would have us embrace? Discovering the purpose of trials, how to overcome them, how to be obedient during them, how to grow because of them, and which promises can I apply to them, will lay the foundation to ". . . Count it all joy" when these fiery trials appear.
"It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes." (Psalm 119:71)
VIEW: TRAILER - I AM THE PROMISE KEEPER
God is setting up His eternal kingdom, and He uses the fiery trials of life to build our faith, mature us, lead us, deliver us, and develop character within us. Foremost, tests are one-way God's plan can merge with His purpose for our lives.
So, it’s critical to understand the purpose of trials so as to know what to do, how to do it, when to do it, why we are doing it, what happens if we don’t do it and what are our rewards for doing it right? A great insight is we embrace trials while resisting temptations. We must get it right here on earth, so as to be right when we arrive in heaven. Remember, there are no do-overs once we leave this life behind.
God desires us to embrace trials while resisting temptations.
Discerning the origin of trials helps formulate the proper response to them and uncovers God’s purposes behind them. Are they from the devil, our carnal mind, imposed by a fallen world and the people around us, or something God would have us embrace? Discovering the purpose of trials, how to overcome them, how to be obedient during them, how to grow because of them, and which promises can I apply to them, will lay the foundation to ". . . Count it all joy" when these fiery trials appear.