Trials' Lessons: Humility
/in Steadfast Hope“To keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me” (2 Corinthians 12:7). God sometimes uses trials to humble believers. Professional athletics, as a whole, makes up one of the least humble sectors in modern American society. Players with multi-million dollar salaries and […]
Trials' Lessons: Right Priorities
/in Steadfast Hope“For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me” (Genesis 22:12). Trials from the Lord will reveal to believers what they love and appreciate the most. A big part of the reason for the Lord’s testing Abraham at Moriah was to show him what […]
Trials' Lessons: Contentment
/in Steadfast HopeTrials can show that material things are inadequate to meet our deepest needs.