Monday, April 02, 2007

What do "life" teach us? What have we learned in this "life"

What do "life" teach us? What have we learned in this "life"

To Produce Fruit.
Fruit of Patience: Hebrews 10:36, James 1:3
Fruit of Joy: Psalm 30:5, Psalm 126:6.
Fruit of Knowledge: Psalm 94:12
Fruit of Maturity: 1 Peter 5:10
Trials come to test the strength of our faith because they assist us in the knowledge of our own faith. (Genesis 22:1-18, Malachi 3:3-4, 1 Peter 1:6-9). Trials come to us to reveal what we really love.

To Silence Satan Job 1:9-12 and Job 2:3-7

To Glorify God John 9:1-3 and John 11:1-4

To Make Us Like Jesus: “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death”. Phil 3:10

To Teach Us Dependence (On His Grace) John 15:1-5, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 Trials come to make us think of our own reflections, trying to look at it from the biblical and the personal viewpoint.

To Refine Our Lives Psalm 66:10-12, Proverbs 17:3, and 1 Peter 1:6-7. Trials come to test the strength of our faith because they assist us in the knowledge of our own faith. (Genesis 22:1-18, Malachi 3:3-4, 1 Peter 1:6-9)

To Rebuke Our Sin 1 Peter 2:20, 1 Peter 3:17, 1 Peter 4:15 and Hebrews 12:5-9 To Enlarge Our Ministry Towards Others 2 Corinthians 1:3-7. 5. Trials come to humble us that we must realize that God allows trials in our lives share our burdens with others. (James 1:3-4, and 12) Trials come to us to teach us to value the blessing of God from His perspective to enable us to help others in their suffering and to make us better able to assist others in their own suffering. God allows us to learn by experience to instruct others. Trials come to us to develop enduring strength for greater usefulness so that God can thrust us into greater places of ministry and effectiveness according to will in His Great Commission.

Trials including disabilities teaches us that the greatest good of the Christian life is not absence of pain, but Christ-likeness and to do His will. “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.” (Romans 8:28-29). Trials including disabilities teaches us that God is more concerned with the character He is building in us, He comforts us in His arms through His power of Grace on the journey to His destiny for us as Paul explains: “Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” (Romans 5:3-4)

Regardless who they are, Christians' attitudes find their root in the heart (Jeremiah 17:9-10). In Proverbs 4:23 says, “...Guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” God charges each Christian to personally model his attitude: “Do nothing out of ... vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 2: 3-5)

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