Assurance in Trials - God's love is eternal. Regardless of our circumstances or poor decisions, His care is unconditional - even when He reprimands us. He is all we need - our advocate, guide, helper, and comforter. Recognizing His intimate presence gives us confidence in the midst of trials. God is sovereign and allows only what will bring good in our lives. In difficult times, we can remember that God will meet all of our needs, is always with us, and loves us forever. Though Jesus said we would face troubles in this life, He offered encouragement: The ultimate victory is His. Trials are fleeting, whereas our Father's love is forever

 God’s Everlasting Love
"who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

"Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

"Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

"As it is written,

'For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.'

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

"For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 8:32-39 English Standard Version

We all experience hardship, and trials can shake us unless we cling to truth. 

Let me share three assurances to remember when troublesome circumstances arise.

First, God will always meet our needs. 

This doesn't mean He provides everything we want. 

Instead, the Lord will bless us with all that is necessary to fulfill His purpose for our lives. 

His goal is to sanctify us, not simply to satisfy each immediate desire.

Second, we're never alone. 

God promised to be with us always (Hebrews 13:5). 

Loneliness often accompanies hardship, so we may feel deserted or opposed by family and friends. 

But our Father has sent His Spirit to be with us and in us, until the day He brings us to heaven (John 14:16-17). 

He is all we need -- our advocate, guide, helper, and comforter. Recognizing His intimate presence gives us confidence in the midst of trials.

Third, God's love is eternal.

Regardless of our circumstances or poor decisions, His care is unconditional -- even when He reprimands us. 

Loving parents allow disobedient children to experience the consequences of wrong choices; they recognize the benefit of learning from mistakes. 

Of course, there are also times when we are negatively affected by others' wrong actions. 

Even then, God is sovereign and allows only what will bring good in His followers' lives.

In difficult times, we can remember that God will meet all of our needs, is always with us, and loves us forever. 

Though Jesus said we would face troubles in this life, He offered encouragement: The ultimate victory is His. 

So keep in mind that trials are fleeting, whereas our Father's love is forever.

Your Friends at In Touch Ministries

Charles Stanley

Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020. He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries which widely broadcasts his sermons through television and radio. He also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, from 1984 to 1986.

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