Can God Be Trusted in Our Trials?
Overview
How can we be joyful when everything goes wrong? Trials are unavoidable—but that doesn’t mean they have to be unprofitable. When God tests you, says Tony Evans, it’s time to learn another lesson. In this easy-to-read guide, pastor and Bible teacher Tony Evans shares wisdom from the Word on how we can grow in our trials and what God wants us to learn from tough times.
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- See the purpose of hard times
- Trust him through trials
- Build a foundation for the future
Top Highlights
“Trials are adverse or negative circumstances that God either brings about directly or allows in order to develop us spiritually.” (Page 8)
“As negative as our problems seem, they are always there for a positive reason, which is to develop us spiritually. God is not telling us to be joyful about the pain but about the purpose and the outcome of the pain, which is our spiritual completeness and maturity.” (Page 9)
“but the real story in Job is that he experienced God at a level he had never known before.” (Page 22)
“That means something you run into, not something you bring down on your own head. We will encounter trials just by being alive. They are inescapable.” (Page 10)
“Being double-minded means you can’t make up your mind whether you really want God’s wisdom or not” (Page 18)
Clarity. Conscience. Convicting. These three words summarize my experience with Tony Evans. He never fails to speak with clarity to my conscience—convicting of both God’s love and my response.
—Max Lucado, preacher and teacher, Oak Hills Church of Christ
- Title: Can God be Trusted in Our Trials?
- Author: Tony Evans
- Publisher: Moody
- Publication Date: 2004
- Pages: 64
Tony Evans is senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Church in Dallas, and president of The Urban Alternative, a ministry devoted to promoting a clear understanding and relevant application of Scripture in order to bring about change in urban communities through the church. He is the author of many books, including The Battle is the Lord’s, Our God is Awesome, Returning to Your First Love, The Promise, Who is This King of Glory?, What Matters Most, and The Best Is Yet to Come.
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