God speaks today Saturday | March 2, 2024
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
(Psalm 139:23)Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
(1 Peter 1:6) Formative times in the desert
Pain and sadness can prepare us to see the positive aspects of life and turn our attention to eternal things. The Bible shows how God uses sufferings and brokenness to prepare us for deeper understanding and growth. Our character, especially our heart, can either attract or take away the blessing of God. When our heart is tender and willing towards spiritual things, God is willing to favor and bless us. We should continually ask God to examine and perfect our hearts and personalities. Jabes's sad formation in childhood prepared him for a critical moment when he dared to conceive something different and pray to God for a better life. His prayer contains great spiritual values and a way for us to pray and turn to God.
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Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
(Psalm 26:2)Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
(Job 31:6)The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
(Proverbs 17:3)That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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