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God Matures Believers through Trials
PatriotandLiberty ^ | 4/14 | Martin and Deirdre Bobgan

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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TOPICS: Apologetics; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: perseverance; suffering

1 posted on 05/01/2023 2:09:40 AM PDT by spirited irish
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To: spirited irish

Trials, Temptation, Testing

New Testament...

Sounds like dogma


2 posted on 05/01/2023 3:08:05 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: spirited irish

Bkmk


3 posted on 05/01/2023 3:54:08 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: Clutch Martin

Sooner or later He brings us to our knees. Praise God!🙏


4 posted on 05/01/2023 4:35:45 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: Clutch Martin

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...


5 posted on 05/01/2023 5:13:44 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: spirited irish

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..


6 posted on 05/01/2023 5:24:58 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: spirited irish

I’m sorry but the second paragraph to follow the first seems a non sequitur.


7 posted on 05/01/2023 6:01:19 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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