Posted on 05/01/2023 2:09:40 AM PDT by spirited irish
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things (1 Cor. 13:4-7).
Trials test us and can thereby strengthen our love for God and others. Yet, it is so easy for believers to fall into the flesh, react in the flesh, and try to solve the problems in the flesh. Oh, the mercy and faithfulness of God! Even here we learn to know Him as we confess our sins, for surely we will sin during stressful situations. We become especially vulnerable under stress.
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Trials, Temptation, Testing
New Testament...
Sounds like dogma
Bkmk
Sooner or later He brings us to our knees. Praise God!🙏
Yep - goes against what the New testament says and puts us back in the Old Testament - because the Old one gave religious “leaders” the power...
He does, if that’s what it takes.
A son being prayed for and the skepticism he had.. prayer changed to ‘whatever it takes’, and he had a vision ..to heaven and back..which brought truth and no more doubts.. the Lord took him to glory some months later..
I’m sorry but the second paragraph to follow the first seems a non sequitur.
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