135. TRIALS AND TESTS
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That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise & honour & glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ (1Pe.1:7).
1. Sickness, trouble, problems: Sometimes they happen to drive you closer to each other. Sometimes they happen to keep you humble. Sometimes they happen to make you pray. Sometimes they happen to keep you close to the Lord.
2. God doesn't make you practice suffering today what you're going to have to suffer tomorrow. He says, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." You are not to add more to it in preparation for tomorrow or to try to toughen yourself up for more evil tomorrow, but you are to enjoy yourself & take things as they come & let tomorrow take care of itself. "As thy days so shall thy strength be." (Deut.33:25)
3. God gives you power for the hour & grace for the trial--at the hour & when it comes, not before.
4. Jesus takes off the rough places & the blemishes & He exposes your beautiful golden heart & makes you look so pretty!
5. He washed my eyes with tears that I might see.
6. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
7. Reasons for Illness or Accident: Chastisement; Purging; Working out His Plan in someone else's life by putting you out of commission for awhile; Working out His plan for your life by getting you to stop & listen to Him so He can teach you; To teach you faith for healing; To test your faith; To teach you patience; As a closed door.
8. If you don't scale the mountain you can't see the view.
9. Trying times are for trying.
10. Suffering is good for you: It humbles you and gives you more compassion on others.
11. They that bear the cross shall wear the crown.
12. "For thou shalt suffer many things, many trials, many tribulations & many tests before that day, but I will bring thee forth as pure gold, if thy faith fail not!"
13. The swallows of sorrow may fly overhead, but don't let them nest in your hair.
14. Troubles, like babies, grow larger by nursing.
15. God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
16. The Bible talks about an evil spirit from the Lord-- that's a little hard for some people to figure out. But the Lord is also in charge of the evil spirits. He's also in charge of the Devil. They're all working for Him. He made them for a purpose, to test your faith & give you problems to see if you'll have the faith to survive them. He also made them to torment all the people who deserve it & need it & give them the judgements they deserve. (1Sam.18:10; Isa.45:7.)
17. When God is putting you through a trial, He's probably doing it so you will cry out to Him & be drawn closer to Him. If you try to escape Him by running to somebody else instead, God is going to be displeased, because He said, " I will have no other gods before Me."
18. Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
19. It's no sin when the Devil tempts you to do something, it's only a sin when you do it.
20. God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them.
21. 'Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song,
But the man worthwhile
Is the one who will smile
When everything goes dead wrong.
22. The wind blows on some people & they make music!--It blows on others & they just make noise.
23. You can't get anywhere today if you are still tied down in yesterday.
24. The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
25. Tears wash your eyes & bathe your heart; they cleanse your mind and clear your thoughts. Thank You Lord for tears!
26. The course of true love never runs smooth; in fact, the course of true anything never runs smooth.
27. When the going's tough, the tough get going!
28. Light is so much more appreciated in darkness!
29. We have the sunshine of His Love all the time, even if the weather is bad!
30. Nothing but sunshine makes a desert!
31. You have to go down and delve in the dark to bring out the sunshine--the buried sunshine--to give the people power and light!
32. God only uses that which has been humbled, broken, melted, remoulded and remade--a vessel which is marred in the hands of the Potter & broken, that He may make of it a better vessel.
33. Sorrow, Suffering, Sacrifice & Sadness bring out Sweetness, Compassion, Love and Tenderness.
34. There's no crown without a cross, no testimony without a test, no triumph without a trial, no victory without a battle, no rose without a thorn!
35. When things begin to go awry, you usually know that either He's trying to show you something or that you're missing the mark somewhere.
36. A difficulty is a thing to be overcome.
37. Trials can either melt you or harden you.
38. The double-hearted and double-minded live in a constant state of indecision!
39. The main evil spirit we have the biggest problem with is our own!
40. God gives everybody tests: Many times it's their own personality.
41. To stand in the midst of darkness and behave as if all is light, that is victory!
42. Temptation is the voice of the Devil; you can't keep from hearing it sometimes, but you don't have to obey it.
43. Most of my ills have been cured
And the worst I have always survived.
But the very worst ones I've endured
Were the ones that never arrived!
44. We cannot have mountains without valleys.
45. Blessed are they that mourn--and mend!
46. The caverns of sorrow are mines of diamonds.
47. The greatest darkness is just before dawn, the greatest desperation is just before salvation!
48. The Lord gives us the most severe tests at the very beginning.
49. From the squeezing and twisting of David's life came forth the sweet honey of the Psalms and the fragrance of His praises to the Lord for His Mercy!
50. Before God can make you really great, He has to make absolutely nothing out of you!
51. God has to beat the hell out of you, till there's none of it left--crucify the flesh till it's dead as a doornail--mortify the mind, till it's almost gone--so that Jesus can live and think and move in you!
52. Sometimes life's darkest hour is just before dawn! Sometimes God's got to get you all the way down before He can make you look up!
53. We should be stronger, but if we were so self-righteous & perfect and didn't have weaknesses, we couldn't help others much or be sympathetic or compassionate. We couldn't even understand them!
54. The more important you are to the Lord's service, the harder the battles are and the greater the Devil fights you!
55. If you have difficulties, the Lord lets them happen as a test or a testimony & He can overrule all damaging effects because you are His child, so that, by his miracle-working power, things that seem do not have to be--just like the three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace who came out without even smelling of smoke! (Dan.3:27)
56. The darkest hour is just before dawn, and then it'll be God's tomorrow which will last forever with you and me!
57. Sometimes God makes us by breaking us.
58. If you ever get anything more than you're able to bear, it's probably because you made a mistake and you didn't do what the Lord told you to do.
59. Jesus says His yoke is easy and light. So if the yoke you carry is too hard and the burden too heavy, then either you or somebody else is making it too hard and heavy. (Mt.11:30)
60. Why are the labourers always so few?--Because God can't break them fast enough.
61. God only uses broken men and women--no others will do!
62. We sometimes suffer more than we need to, by failing to report problems sooner.
63. Suffering is a catalyst, the test-tube-time to see if you either have got the grace already to take it by faith, or if it can turn you to grace.--Or whether the same suffering is going to cause you to hate God all the more.
64. Suffering has at least three purposes: To purify, humble and cleanse you, the saved; to turn some of the unsaved to God; & to cause the wicked to curse God all the more.
65. When God beats you down and puts you through the wringer and through a test and trial, it's a compliment!
66. Everybody has tests & temptations & trials & tribulations, but it's how you handle them that makes the difference.
67. Godly hurt, sacrifice and suffering to help others are good for you.
68. He gives us a little more each day to test us, to try us, to build up our strength & resistance.
69. The greater the battle, the greater the victory!
70. He's testing you now-- putting you through the fire to burn out the dross and through the storm to blow away the chaff and through the deep waters so you can learn to swim.
71. The Lord tries to be good to us, but we often can't take it. He almost has to be holding us over the fire all the time in order to keep us really close to Him.
72. Service for God hurts, but service for the Devil hurts more. You bear a light yoke for Jesus, but a heavy one for Satan.
73. Faith that cannot stand a test is no faith at all--but the trying of your faith is more precious than gold!
74. You can never appreciate the light unless you've been in darkness!
75. You can't put out the lights just because you're crying and feeling bad. People still need the light!
76. In the presence of trouble some people buy crutches; others grow wings.
77. Don't leave school before the bell rings.
78. It takes both rain and sunshine to make a rainbow.
79. God tests you with little things to see if you have learned big principles.
80. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take!
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
In blessings on your head.
81. The Christian is absolutely safe, for he can use anything that can happen to him. Everything is grist to his mill.
82. I walked a mile with Folly,
She chattered all the way,
But never a thing I learned from her ,
For all she had to say!
I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And never a word said she,
But oh, the things I learned that day,
When sorrow walked with me.
83. Resisting adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.
84. When you walk through the storm,
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark.
85. No difficulties, no discovery!-- No pains, no gains!
86. The inner side of every cloud
Is always bright and shining
I therefore turn my clouds about,
To show the silver lining!
87. Before you complain about the darkness of the tunnel, remember that it is a shortcut through the mountains.
88. Got any rivers you think are uncrossable?
Got any mountains you can't tunnel through?
God specialises in things thought impossible
And He can do what no other friend can do!
89. Great trials seem to be necessary preparation for great duties.
90. Don't chicken out when the going gets tough
And the life and death game of faith gets to rough
For the greatest darkness comes just before dawn
Will you wait for the rescue, or doubt and be gone?
91. I don't believe in giving the Devil credit for anything. I don't think a thing happens to Christians except what God allows, even if the Devil does bring it, so quit giving the Devil credit for it. All things come of God & all things work together for good to them that love the Lord. Nothing happens to a Christian without the permission of God--or your permission.
92. God didn't promise you an easy voyage, but a safe arrival.
93. Most Christians can't seem to be trusted with either health or wealth, because the minute they get healthy or have lots of money, they don't have to depend upon God every moment. So God has to slap them down again and take everything away again so they have to depend upon Him for every ounce of strength and every bit of money they get.
94. After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser.
95. Your soul would have no rainbows if it had no tears.
96. My greatest battles resulted in my greatest victories!
97. The Devil's business is to give you tests and trials to try to convince you that God doesn't love you and that He doesn't answer prayer!
98. In order to bring forth the sweetness, there has to be some suffering.
99. You can't appreciate God's mercy until you've know the Devil's justice!
100. Some of the most precious lessons you learn from the Lord come out of deep dark experiences.
101. Man's extremity is God's opportunity. When you come to the end of your rope, then God has a chance to work.
102. It's hard to be broken.--It makes you want to die
! But then you're willing to live!--for Jesus!
103. That battle's over & victory's won,
Now it's time for another one!
104. If you're only willing to believe and obey the Lord as long as everything goes all right, you won't be believing or obeying very much, because a lot of things go wrong when you're serving the Lord!--"Many are the afflictions of the righteous!"--"But the Lord delivereth him out of them all!"
105. God tests your faith to see if it is real gold faith and whether you'll still believe and obey Him no matter what happens!
106. He can cause you who have been marred to grow again into beautiful flowers out of the ashes of the fires of His chastisements & purges!
107. Always try to smile through your tears--a ray of sunshine is even more beautiful in the midst of rain.
108. A diamond is a chunk of coal that's made good under pressure.
109. If something is haywire, it's usually because you have neglected the Word, neglected the Lord, ignored His voice, or just been too busy to listen or got too interested in something else!
110. Every fall can be a step upward. Make your stumbling blocks stepping-stones!
111. Gethsemanes are gateways.
112. If He smacks you down with a disease or affliction, it doesn't just happen, it isn't an accident. The curse causeless just doesn't come, not to a Christian. Either you caused it or God caused it or God let the Devil cause it.
113. By the time God's ready to make you really great, He's made absolutely nothing out of you, so there's nothing left of you at all & it's only Jesus.
114. Let me be a little braver,
When temptation bids me waver.
Let me strive a little harder,
To be all that I should be.
Let me be a little meeker,
With the brother that is weaker.
Let me think more of my neighbour,
And a little less of me.
115. God's dandy bad examples are God's only hope for those who feel lost & helpless!
116. Out of the presses of pain,
Comes the soul's best wine;
And the eyes that have shed no rain,
Can shed but little shine.
117. "The tears shall be wiped away & the former things shall be no more in the glories of the ecstasies of the Kingdom to come! These shall be they that shall be no more and they that shall be forgotten like a dream or a tale in the real World to come forever!"
118. If it's all a bed of roses without any thorns, then they must not be roses.
119. If you have to be sick in bed, it gives you time to think, pray and read the Word. So sometimes sickness is good for you.
120. Wings are often born out of weights
121. God takes all of our seeming defeats,
And weaving with His precious hands,
He makes the most beautiful tapestry of life
Out of such broken strands!
122. When you begin admiring the Devil's work then it's a form of worship.
123. "For yet a little more sorrow and a little more crying, a little more pain, and these things of time shall be no more and shall be forgotten, as a tale that is told and like a dream that is past, in the glories that shall come! It will be worth it all!"
124. "I have given unto thee that which is more precious than eyes or ears or nose or throat. I have given unto thee the love & the patience & the faith to endure the afflictions."
125. " I make thee more precious than gold, for I have put thee in the refiner's fire, that thou shalt come through this fire precious unto Him and priceless."
126. "I will not suffer thee to be tempted above what thou art able to bear. For the things which thou hast suffered have given thee righteous judgement & compassion for the poor in need. And thou hast sympathy for them which suffer, because of the things which thou hast suffered."
127. "Behold the love with which I have loved thee & the comfort with which I have comforted thee is greater by far than this light affliction which I have given thee that thou might know My Love and My mercy."
128. Did you know that Jesus was tempted in all points just like we are, and that there were times when He was sick and He was tired and He was hungry and He was thirsty and He was discouraged? Think of that!
129. When his ship was sinking, his crew slaughtered, and his own arm nearly torn off, and the enemy was demanding a surrender, John Paul Jones screamed back, "Hell, no!--We haven't even begun to fight!"--And he was right! He hadn't--but he did!--And he went on to win the battle!
130. You have to have a constant battle to have constant victory!
131. You'll find that real gold--no matter how hot the fire or how long the fire, how hot the test or how long it lasts--will still come out gold--even finer gold!--"Yea, than much fine gold!"--Because the fire burns all the dross & the impurities away! ((1Pt.1:7)
132. You can get the victory if you choose to, because God's got it for you and there are oodles of promises on it. You have absolutely no excuse for not getting the victory.
133. Paul's thorn in the flesh didn't keep him from serving the Lord!
134. The Devil can't get you back once you're saved-- you're the Lord's child forever! But he sure tries hard to keep you from being the Lord's soldier by trying to put a lot of obstacles in your way.
135. Of course it's a battle! What the Hell do you think you joined the Army for? An Army is to fight battles, and we've got plenty of them to fight! But Hallelujah! I love to fight because I know I'm fighting for the One that's worth fighting for and the souls that are worth winning and the goals that are worth attaining!
136. Once you pass the little tests, then He starts giving you bigger ones!--And if you think just because you have a one-time victory you've got the victory once and for all, you sure are mistaken!
137. God will not take second place! He wants to make sure you are going to put Him first, and He tests you to find out!
138. Are you on the spot? Turn around and put God on the spot.
139. Sometimes you feel like you're in a fog--lots of times. But up there the Sun is always shining, and you just need to make it through the fog.
140. The Lion of Judah will break every chain,
And give to us the victory again and again.
141. So trust in God, however dark your way!
No matter what hard turns the road may take!
Hold to His hand until the break of day,
When in His likeness we shall then awake!
142. Most Christians can have faith under normal conditions for usual situations--what they expect God to do-- but when everything goes wrong and seems contrary to the Word and the usual--only those with great faith can say with Job, "Even though He slay me, yet will I trust Him!" (Job.13:15)
143. Things don't just happen to Children of God
They're part of a wonderful plan;
The troubles, reverses, the sorrows, the rod
Are strokes of the Great Sculptor's hand!
Persecution, tribulation come down like a storm,
Friends disappoint and withstand,
At last alone, bewildered, forlorn,
You look and He smiles, "This is planned".
Things don't just happen to Children of God,
The blueprint was made by His hand;
He designed all the details to conform to His Son,
So all things that happen are planned.
No matter what happens to those called "His Own"
Events that are awful or grand;
Every trial of your life He sends from His throne;
Things don't just happen, they're planned. (Rom.8:28)
144. A veteran soldier boasts and brags of his scars-- his medals of honour-and of his campaigns and exploits in battle!
145. Simply because we have faith to trust God for health does not mean we are never sick. The Bible says "Many are the afflictions of the righteous."--but probably not as many as the wicked, because we take better care of our bodies, try to keep the health laws of God and try to be full of love, which brings peace of mind, peace of body, peace of stomach.
146. "I am an old man who's had many troubles--most of which never happened!"--Mark Twain.
147. Sleep cometh not when most I seem to need
Its kindly balm. Oh Father be to me
Better than sleep and let these sleepless hours
Be hours of blessed fellowship with Thee.
148. Never mind whether you sleep or not, just be still. It is in quiet and darkness you hear those still, small voices your life misses in the noise of the day. It is there you find God.
149. Jesus has healed your heart, and some day He is going to heal your body. You must bear your cross for Jesus' sake and show your faith in spite of affliction. As Jesus bore the cross, you bear this cross for Jesus because it shows a testimony to those who don't have a testimony, that through suffering you shall learn obedience, through the things you suffer as Jesus did.
150. The Lord loves to watch us endure the affliction and the battle and fight and win the race! He loves to watch us make it in spite of all the tests and trials. I think He even sometimes watches and sees the effect on us when we lose, if we can take that!
151. You don't dare rescue people until they've really stood the test and shown that they were willing to give their lives to reach some goal, even though they don't know what the goal is--just give their lives to the Lord, and to His work, whatever it may be, not even knowing.
152. If you talk about it when you're having a trial, you just talk defeat and doubt and discouragement and murmur and complain. You don't dare put it into words unless you're honestly and sincerely seeking help and counsel.
153. Waiting and learning patience is part of your training, because if you flunk this test, you haven't got much faith or perseverance and you wouldn't last long anywhere!
154. We never know what a person is going to do until they've been time-tested and truly tried in the fire!
155. The Lord in His pre-vision no doubt knows what your choices are going to be and therefore what is going to happen in the future, but He hasn't revealed that to you yet. If He told you the end from the beginning, that would be too easy. That would be no test.
156. If you're a terrible mess, cheer up! Then if you accomplish anything, you know it's nothing but the Lord and everybody else knows it's nothing but the Lord and He gets all the glory.
157. Don't let one little mistake discourage you. Just rectify the situation, learn from it and try not to make the same mistake again.
158. When you're down and discouraged it sometimes helps to talk about it with someone so they can pray with you and help you rebuke the Enemy. If you share your heart with them they can often help to dispel any doubts and fears by pointing out the truth that you may not be able to see because you're being hit with the lies and misinterpretations of the Devil.
159. The Bible says, "Bear ye one another's burdens." (Gal.6:2) But how can someone help you bear your burdens if they don't know what they are? And how are they going to know unless you share them? You're not to murmur and complain about your problems, but you can humbly tell others so they can pray for you. "One can chase a thousand, but two can put ten thousand to flight." That's what brothers and sisters are for, to help you, to pray for you and to lift you up when you're down!--So if you need help, speak up!
(See also No. M, 20, 25, 33, 35, 66, 102, 114, 159, 287, 312, 313, 315, 325, 334a, 340, 512-516, 539, 551, 564, 569, 575, 599, 606, 641, 698, 703, 706, 717, 720, 721, 737, 753, 835, 847, 878, 947, 952, 954, 1005, 1090, 1111, 1112, 1135, 1141, 1219, 1268, 1281, 1367, 1369, 1403, 1406, 1420, 1650, Gen series.)
160. DEU.4:30,31 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the Latter Days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto His voice; (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) He will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He sware unto them.
161. DEU.8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldst keep His commandments, or no.
162. JOB.23:10 But He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
163. PSA.34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
164. PSA.66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
165. PSA.118:5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
166. PSA.119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn Thy statutes.
167. PSA.119:92 Unless Thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
168. PSA.119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet Thy commandments are my delights.
169. PRO.24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
170. ECC.7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
171. ISA.43:1b,2 Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine. When thou passeth through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
172. ISA.48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
173. JER.18:4 And the vessel that He made of clay was marred in the hand of the Potter: so He made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the Potter to make it.
174. MAR.7:37 He hath done all things well.
175. LUK. 22:31,32 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
176. JOH.15:2 Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
177. ACT.14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the Kingdom of God.
178. 1CO.10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
179. 1CO.15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
180. 2CO.4:16,17 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
181. EPH. 1:11b ...to the purpose of Him Who worketh all things after the counsel of His Own will.
182. PHI.3:10 That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death.
183. 1TH.3:3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
184. 2TI.2:10a Endure all things for the elect's sakes.
185. 2TI.4:5a But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions.
186. HEB.2:10 For it became Him, for whom are all things. and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the Captain of their Salvation perfect through sufferings.
187. HEB.5:8 Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered.
188. HEB.11:25,26 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for He had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
189. HEB.12:2-4 Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your mind. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood striving against sin.
190. JAM.1:2,3 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
191. JAM.1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man.
192. 1PE.1:6,7 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
193. 1PE.4;12,13 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
194. 1PE.4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
195. 1PE.5:10 But the God of all grace, Who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
196. 2PE.2:9a The Lord knoweth how to deliver the Godly out of temptations.
197. REV.21:7a He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God.
(See also EXO.6:6,7; MAT.4:1-4,7,10; MAT.5:29,30.)
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