Watchman’s Daily Devotional: The Journey Is Full of Trials. Those Trials Cause Grief, but They Also Accomplish a Purpose. They Prove Our Faith, Like Precious Metal Is Purified by Fire. They Burn out the Impurities of Our Worldly Ideas and Misguided Doctrines

1 Peter 1:6-8 6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These have come so that your faith-of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, Peter is discussing the paradox of the Christian life. We have a promising future awaiting us. The strength of the divine is sustaining us until we reach our destination. He mentions that this leads to great rejoicing. If you’re not filled with joy, you may not have fully…

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Watchman: Daily Devotional, We All Go Through Trials in Life. They May Be Health Trials, Relationship Trials, Financial Trials, or Emotional Trials, but All of Our Hardships and Difficulties End up Being Spiritual Trials as Well

When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever. — Proverbs 10:25 We all face difficulties in life. They may be health challenges, relationship trials, financial trials, or emotional trials, but all of our difficulties and sorrows end up being spiritual trials. When it aches, where is God? Why does God allow us to go through life’s ups and downs? Scripture never promises that we will not face difficulties and disappointments in our lives. There is no guarantee that life will be easy, uncomplicated, or enjoyable. Nonetheless, God promises to be with us at all times. He will be our anchor through life’s storms. And the greatest way to test an anchor’s strength is to put it through a storm. Following Jesus’ teaching is “like a wise man who built his house on…

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