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God uses tribulations to prepare scenes of great beauty

Dr. Roberto Miranda

(Audio: Spanish)

SUMMARY: We must be willing to endure waiting times and testing times so that God can work through us to influence and save others. Naaman, despite his great military accomplishments and national fame, was a leper, which was a great shame in his time. God was preparing Naaman for an encounter with Him and may have used him as a powerful testimony to the nations. Our present sufferings and trials may be preparing us for moments of glory and blessing, and our faith makes a difference. God is able to redeem our times of difficulty and turn them into a foothold for His great visitation in our lives.

Naaman and Elisha (2 Kings 5)

In this series about the king of Syria and the prophet Elisha, Dr. Miranda explains that God not only wants to address your needs, but also work on your personality.

1 A sovereign God who has mysterious purposes

2 God uses tribulations to prepare scenes of great beauty

3 We must bear witness to our God anywhere

4 Let's be diligent in our life

5 We cannot import the patterns of the secular world into the Christian world

6 In the Kingdom of God there is power but that power is unleashed through humility

7 How do we react in times of pressure?

8 A treatment for pride

We have to be willing to endure certain waiting times, certain testing times so that God can effect through the dramas that He is executing, the influence and salvation that He wants to have on other people around us.

We have to be willing to put ourselves as instruments in the Hands of God and that means that sometimes we are going to suffer, and undergo some kind of test as He did with His own Son Jesus Christ, through our personal crucifixion and lead us to be used by He.

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