"Consider It Pure Joy, My Brothers, Whenever You Face Trials Of Many Kinds."

Practice-lessons in the application 

of the theories of Christian life

(J.R. Miller, "Help for the Day")

Every obstacle to holy living should

only serve us with fresh determination

to succeed. We should use each difficulty 

and hardship as a leverage to gain some

new advantage. We should compel our

temptations to minister to us, instead

of hindering us. We should regard all

our provocations, annoyances, and

trials, of whatever sort--

as practice-lessons in the application 

of the theories of Christian life.

It will be seen in the end, that 

the hardships and difficulties are 

by no means the smallest blessings 

in our lives. Someone compares them 

to the weights of a clock, without which 

there could be no steady, orderly life.

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, 
whenever you face trials of many kinds, 
because you know that the testing of your 
faith develops perseverance. Perseverance 
must finish its work so that you may be mature 
and complete, not lacking anything!" James 1:2-4

"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, 

but painful. Later on, however, it produces 

a harvest of righteousness and peace for 

those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11

   
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