Comments on: The day of adversity http://blogspot.theinvisiblechurch.ca/2010/02/09/the-day-of-adversity/ ...for the church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven... Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:07:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: jean http://blogspot.theinvisiblechurch.ca/2010/02/09/the-day-of-adversity/comment-page-1/#comment-950 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:29:23 +0000 http://blogspot.theinvisiblechurch.ca/?p=167#comment-950 You are right brother. The funny thing is I never see it that way until after the trial. When in adversity, I just want out and I am one my knees asking God for an escape route. But then after the trial, I then see that His grace was so sufficient for me. So sufficient that I even miss the time of adversity that I once prayed to get out of. I then miss the sweet communion with the Lord and the childlike faith I had during adversity. I seem to be closer to God when suffering than when all is all good.

I often feel the need to have my husband’s spiritual support, so much that to me this is a huge trial. Sometimes I get all mixed up with scripture and I just wish my husband could help me with that. But then at times I fear that when my husband gets saved, I wont be so close to God anymore as I am today. I dont even want my husband’s salvation to come between me and God. Yet I so want him to be saved. I know this sounds strange, but I hear of testimonies of wives who have saved husbands and they seem to feed from their husband’s spiritual buckets. (remembering your post on the carnal christian). One thing I know, in this trial of mine, It has made me 100% dependant on the Lord. His grace is sufficient for me, difficult as it may be.

]]> By: Lee http://blogspot.theinvisiblechurch.ca/2010/02/09/the-day-of-adversity/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:39:10 +0000 http://blogspot.theinvisiblechurch.ca/?p=167#comment-947 Yes, His grace IS sufficient, but we would never know that without adversity!

Blessed is that man who can not only bear with adversity, but can say with David. “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.”

Adversity is not just tolerable, but it is good for us! Most often we spend time praying to be out of adversity, rather than praying for grace to meet adverstiy and adversity to meet the grace that is given to us. If we are looking for ANY growth in the Lord, it can only come with adversity, for adversity is that which is used to point us toward the Lord.

]]> By: jean http://blogspot.theinvisiblechurch.ca/2010/02/09/the-day-of-adversity/comment-page-1/#comment-943 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:56:28 +0000 http://blogspot.theinvisiblechurch.ca/?p=167#comment-943 Encouraging to know I am not the only suffering Christian, though it seems that way to me most of the time. Adversity is one thing which gives me a strong desire to want to depart and be with the Lord and just be done with it! But
He always says “my grace is sufficient for you…” . And isn’t our
God always right!

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