When you Experience Trials
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Trials, adversity, fall on hard times these never feel great they test our resolve our faith our strength The Enemy attacks us through relationships,finances, pipe liners, Our animals, friends, our Jobs, and even family
Trials, adversity, fall on hard times these never feel great they test our resolve our faith our strength The Enemy attacks us through relationships,finances, pipe liners, Our animals, friends, our Jobs, and even family
12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;
1 Peter
1. Do not Allow the Enemy to provoke you into Anger
here was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say ‘I’m sorry’, the wound is still there.”
Eph
26 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil.
19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
11 A fool vents all his feelings,
But a wise man holds them back.
Do not make rash or rushed decisions
2. Be wise in your actions
I once heard the story of a man who finally worked up the courage to propose marriage to the girl of his dreams. Dropping to one knee, he looked his beloved in the eye and said: “Jane, I know I’m not wealthy like Tom. I recognize that I’m not handsome like Tom. I may not be as well-educated as Tom. But I love you, Jane.” The woman, obviously moved, responded sincerely: “Why, I love you too, John. But tell me a little more about Tom!”
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
20 He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
:20
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But he who heeds counsel is wise.
Proverbs
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
James:3
3. Allow God to be your strength in the Trial
1 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling.
Selah
10 Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
Isa
Psalm 46:1-3
3 You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength.
Isa 26:
