Tiago 1

Tiago 1:2

Calvin says these necessary trials "are not afflicted by chance, but through the infallible providence of God." Why should I complain Of want or distress, Temptation or pain? He told me no less; The heirs of salvation, I know from his Word, Through much tribulation Must follow their Lord. --John Newton ARE YOU IN THE FURNACE? Ponder these principles if you are being tested even as you read these notes. Trust God and His Word of Truth and Life. Choose to act, not to react. Or as J C Ryle once said… Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees. (Amen! So be it!)… Settle it firmly in our minds that there is a meaning, a needs-be and a message from God in every sorrow that falls upon us… There are no lessons so useful as those learned in the school of affliction… (and be encouraged for) The tools that the great Architect intends to use much are often kept long in the fire, to temper them and fit them for work