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Prodigal:\u00a0 Sometimes I am down.\u00a0 I wonder what is going on with God’s ways.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 Me too, but that is why we encourage each other.<\/p>\n

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This is from William Gurnall<\/p>\n

God, can in fact, use His saint’ failures to strengthen their faith, which, like a tree, stands stronger for the shaking.\u00a0 Times of testing expose the heart’s true condition. False faith, once foiled, seldom comes on again; but true faith rises and fights more valiantly, as we see in Peter.\u00a0 Temptation is to faith as fire is to gold.\u00a0 The fire not only reveals which is true gold, but makes the true gold more pure…Faith before temptation has much extraneous stuff that clings to it and passes for faith; but when temptation comes, the dross is discovered and consumed by the fiery trial…And here is all the devil gets:\u00a0 Instead of destroying the saint’s faith, he is the means of refining it, thereby making it stronger and more precious.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some times the test seems to last forever.\u00a0 Sometimes you can see no good that can come of it.\u00a0 But our job is to just stay focused on Christ.\u00a0 He will do the refining.<\/p>\n

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John 6:47<\/p>\n

Whoever believes has eternal life.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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