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Behind the scenes—literally, behind Abraham—the Lord was already providing a way of deliverance: a sacrificial ram as a substitute for Isaac. “So Abraham called the name of that place, ‘The LORD will provide’; as it is said to this day, ‘On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided’” (Gen 22:14).

The God who tests is also the God who provides for you.

S. Swartz

God owns all things causes all things to work together for our good, and causes all things to work together for His glory.

S. Swartz

God uses trials with a purpose in mind—He never wastes anything.

Here we get to the heart of the issue.

Faith produces endurance, or steadfastness. “Steadfastness” implies staying behind or waiting patiently. This is not passive acceptance, but a persistent determination to walk through a trial as a winner, someone who clings tenaciously to God in perfect peace. This is patience that makes a man stand on his feet and face the storm head-on, being strong in the Lord. This is the active, heroic endurance to aggressively wait in the strength given by God. This is exactly what we need in trials and is promised to you as a believer in Christ.

Steadfastness is a virtue gained gradually and painfully, not by reading books about perseverance, but by walking through pain.

S. Swartz

"In the midst of the storms in the last days, God desires that His people be firmly established on the Rock and be a shining witness to the world. The need to prepare is urgent".

Derek Prince

When are you going to believe you receive what you ask in prayer—when you receive the answer or when you pray?

You should believe you receive when you pray.

Psalm 25:5 KJV
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:
For thou art the God of my salvation;
on thee do I wait all the day.

Psalm 43:3 KJV
O send out thy light and thy truth:
Let them lead me;
Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope:
Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

Psalm 38:15 KJV

Luke 25:4-6
While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing; and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? “He is not here, but He has risen.Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee ..."

Romans 6:5
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.

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Alleluia! Christ died, was buried and rose again on the third day and also appeared to the witnesses He had chosen. Glory to God!

This is the power of the gospel.

Christ is not only dead and buried but he is also resurrected and now lives.

Jesus is the living one!

And His resurrection, one day, will also be our resurrection, because we are "in Christ".

What a wonderful certainty! What an infinite joy!

God bless you.

Father, I totally trust in You about the "what", the "how", the "where", the "when" and the "why", whether You let me know or not. Full trust in you. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

In the storms of life we ​​just have to make sure that Jesus is on our boat. And He is there! He promised it. So don't look at the wind or the waves but look at Jesus.

Almighty God, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, come to my help and deliver me from this difficulty that besets me. I believe, Lord, that all trials of life are under Your care and that all things work for the good of those who love You. Take away from me fear, anxiety and distress. Help me to face and endure my difficulty with faith, courage and wisdom. Grant that this trial may bring me closer to You, for You are my rock and refuge, my comfort and hope, my delight and joy. I trust in Your love and compassion. Blessed is Your name. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Thomas Watson

The Communion of Saints works for good.
“We are helpers of your joy” (2 Cor. 1:24).

One Christian conversing with another is a means to confirm him. As the stones in an arch help to strengthen one another, one Christian by imparting his experience, heats and quickens another. “Let us provoke one another to love, and to good works” (Heb. 10:24).

How does grace flourish by holy conference!

A Christian by good discourse drops that oil upon another, which makes the lamp of his faith burn the brighter.

Thomas Watson:

“Meditatiom is a holy exercise of the mind whereby we bring the truths of God to remembrance, and do seriously ponder upon them and apply them to ourselves.”

“Meditation is the soul’s retiring of itself so that, by a serious and solemn thinking upon God, the heart may be raised up to heavenly affections.”

The Lord spoke to me today with these verses that I thought I'd share with you. God bless you all.

- Psalms 119:160 NKJV
The entirety of Your word is truth ...

- I Corinthians 16:14 NKJV
Let all that you do be done with love.

- Colossians 3:14 NKJV
But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

- John 13:35 NKJV
By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

- I John 3:18 NKJV
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

May God help us all to shine His love that He poured into our hearts in Christ Jesus.

O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty like You, O Lord?

Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.

Psalm 89:8‭-‬9

A quote from S. Wigglesworth

"We should be able under all circumstances to triumph.

Not that we have any help in ourselves, but our help comes only from God, and if our help is only in God then we are always strong and never weak.

It is always those people who are full of faith who have a “good report,” who never murmur, who are in the place of victory, who are not in the place of human order, but of divine order in God.

He is the Author of our faith, and our faith is always based on “thus saith the Lord.”

A quote from S. Wigglesworth

"Take your position from the first epistle of John and declare, “He who is in [me] is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

Then recognize that it is not you who has to deal with the power of the Devil, but the Greater One who is in you.

Oh, what it means to be filled with Him! You can do nothing in yourself, but He who is in you will win the victory".