The Big Idea:
When your faith is tested, when you face trials and difficulties what you do in that moment matters. What will you do when you are discouraged? What will you do when you face doubt. In those moments we don’t need to tear apart our faith, we need to press in to God like never before.
Main Points:
1. Living for Jesus in this life is filled with challenges. We battle our flesh, the world, and the devil. Scripture clearly calls for us to persevere through these difficulties and promises a reward to those who don’t give up.
2. I want to caution us against getting swept up in the popular idea that we need to unravel our faith in Jesus to make sure it is authentic and worth believing.
3. Repeatedly throughout scripture, God says to us that we are to hold not, to not give up our faith, and to persevere.
Today’s Scripture Verses:
James 1:12 says, “God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward, they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.”
1 Timothy 4:1 says, “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith…”
2 Timothy 3:14 - “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of because you know those from whom you learned it.”
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