Today’s Verse:
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance." James 1:2-3
Prayer for Today :
Dear Heavenly Father,
Everyday, we face trials of everykind. The most common challenge comes from the unbelievers, questions like "Does God exist? Are the claims of Christ true? How can I know?" Father, help us to try our best in answering such questions, however, help us to also understand that the true answers can only be from God and from the person's own investigation and experience.
Thankyou for teaching us through the book of James. Thankyou for giving us the formula "TRIAL => TESTING => PERSEVERANCE => MATURITY", through trial produces testing of faith, through testing of faith produces perseverance and through perservance produces maturity in Christ.
Father, when we are faced with hardships, unjust treatments, serious illnesses, financial crisis, or even a life of poverty without hope of improvement like James, help us to rejoice in Your name, help us to feel the honour to be tested in such circumstances, because God, You are faithful, You only wanted to give us the ability of patience and endurance, You only wanted to improve our quality of faith!
Father, it is wrong to stop trusting and start worrying merely because of these trials. Father, help us to rejoice in Your grace, help us to be humble, help us to continue to seek for happiness in and from You, so that one day, our faith — of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire — may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. (1 Peter 1:7)
May all the praise and worship be glory to God.
In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
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