God desires intimacy with His people. The trials of life are designed to drive us into His arms.
He isn’t trying to hurt you; He is trying to develop you. Great faith is shaped on the anvil of affliction.
He is trying to teach you about His presence, His power and His peace.
How will you ever know that He can unless He has to.
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“I've had many tears and sorrows — I've had questions for tomorrow — There've been times I didn't know right from wrong. — But in every situation God gave blessed consolation — That my trials come to only make me strong
“Through it all, — through it all — I've learned to trust in Jesus — I've learned to trust in God. —Through it all, — through it all — I've learned to depend upon His Word.
“I've been to lots of places — And I've seen a lot of faces — There've been times I felt so all alone. — But in my lonely hours — Yes, those precious lonely hours — Jesus let me know that I was His own
“I thank God for the mountains — And I thank Him for the valleys — I thank Him for the storms He brought me through. — For if I'd never had a problem — I wouldn't know that He could solve them — I'd never know what faith In God could do.”
Andrea Crouch
Ideas for this unprofitable blog a taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit.
