Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (James 1:2-4 NIV)
Today's meditation:
- Joy and trials, pure joy and testing. Human nature says its either/or, but God says its both/and. At the end of the trial, it's easy to have joy, but in the middle, not so much. Teach us, Lord, to live in joy.
Pray today:
- For the Emmanuel family to have the faith and the energy to persevere and pray through until the current constrictive challenges are overcome.
- For the Emmanuel family to celebrate with joy in advance of our victory through faith, knowing that life after debt will produce a whole new set of visionary challenges through which we must persevere.
- For perseverance, meaning staying with it, putting one foot in front of the other, getting up when you fall down, and if you can't, crawling until you can, until you finish, until the job is done, but all the while, holding onto the pure joy that comes from knowing God is with us.
Pray First! Pray Through!
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