Vital signs- Friday, November 11th, 2022

Going Through Trials

If we breathe, we’ve struggled. The entire human race has this in common. Trials and hardships have occurred in our lives, and we’ve found ourselves doing anything in our power, including begging God, to get us out of this difficult season. Understandably so. But, there’s so much that God wants to do in and through us from the trials we face. Whether we’re in between trials or in the midst of them, let’s seek God like never before and trust that He’ll see us through. 

“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Pray with me

Lord, I don’t know what the outcome of this difficult circumstance will be, but I know that You will work all things for my good because I love You! Your grace is sufficient for me, and Your power is made perfect in my weakness. So, I boast about this trial and my weakness so that Christ’s power may rest on me. God, after my suffering, please restore me and make me strong, firm, and steadfast. I know that these sufferings will produce perseverance, character, and hope. For these light and momentary troubles are achieving for me an eternal glory that outweighs all of them. So, in my trials, God, help me to fix my eyes not on what is seen, the temporary things that burden me, but on what is unseen, which is eternal. I praise You that You comfort me in my troubles so that I can comfort others with that same comfort. I’ll delight in weakness, in hardships, in difficulties, for when I am weak, then I am strong. Lord, help me to remember that in everything, I am more than a conqueror through Christ, and because of this, I can approach Your throne of grace with confidence.