Believers’ experience of life

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God is at work in all that happens to believers, whether to warn them, to draw them to himself or to do them good.

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God has a purpose in all the experiences that believers have in life

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Rejection of this conviction leads to despair

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God uses every experience in the lives of believers for good

To warn and correct

Psalm 119:67 NIV
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.
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To test and exercise believers’ trust in God

Deuteronomy 8:15–16 NIV
He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you.
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To purify and prepare believers for glory

2 Corinthians 4:16–17 NIV
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
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To benefit others

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In all of life’s experiences believers should be thankful and trusting

Philippians 4:6 NIV
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
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Believers do not merit the blessings they receive

Psalm 103:10 NIV
he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
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