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Nobody likes to suffer. Even if you’re a committed athlete, there are some days you just don’t want to practice-especially if practice is so hard it makes you vomit! But we recognize that the training, the suffering, matures us-it makes us better. We’re stronger and more skilled, sharper and more in control.
You can’t mature into a champion athlete by sitting on the couch!
Our spiritual life is the same. A strong, committed faith in God doesn’t just happen. It has to grow. God allows trouble to come into our life so that He can train us and mature our faith. The valley-not the mountaintop-is where God makes us stronger.
What struggles are you facing right now? What do you think God is teaching you? How is your faith growing?
James 1:4 – You must learn to endure everything, so that you will be completely mature and not lacking in anything.
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