Romans 5:3-4 And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope.ĥ. If He doesn’t prepare you then you will be ill-equipped, you will falter, you will abandon God, you will be prideful, you won’t truly cherish what He has done, and more. God has to change you, work in you, and prepare you before you are able to walk in the door. Often at the end of the trial is a blessing, but we have to press on to receive it. He has to prepare you for the very thing that you have been praying for. He has to prepare you for someone down the line who is going to desperately need your help. God has to prepare you for trials that might happen years from now. you need preparation or you will not be ready for the things to come. In all things such as sports, careers, etc. I felt like God was reminding me that He has to prepare us for the things He has planned for us. I felt so unprepared for the hurricane.īefore the storm hit, I was outside looking at the gray sky. I was so preoccupied with other things that I didn’t have time to put up shutters. Not only do trials change you and make you stronger they prepare you to do God’s will and for future blessings. “If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all.” – Charles Spurgeon In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.” – Rick Warren He uses circumstances to develop our character. They’re sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.” “When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. “Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.” - Corrie ten Boom “Hope has two beautiful daughters Their names are anger and courage anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.” – Augustine A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process.” ~ Elisabeth Elliot He will not necessarily protect us – not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. The love of God did not protect His own Son…. “Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering…. “Faith endures as seeing Him who is invisible endures the disappointments, the hardships, and the heart-aches of life, by recognizing that all comes from the hand of Him who is too wise to err and too loving to be unkind.” A.W. It’s not the easy times that make you more like Jesus, but the hardtimes.” Kay Arthur He wants you to be perfect and complete in every aspect, lacking nothing. “The disappointment has come – not because God desires to hurt you or make you miserable or to demoralize you or ruin your life or keep you from ever knowing happiness. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” “When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. “Hard times are sometimes blessings in disguise. “Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. “God gave you this life because he knew you were strong enough to live it.” Just breathe, and have faith that everything will work out for the best.” “Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess.
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