God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
The testing of your faith "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance" (James 1:2-3). How do we react when trials come? How do we react, especially when the trials are not one or two, but many? Isn’t it so hard and painful that we aren’t only discouraged, but even in despair? But the Bible James 1:2 says “Consider it all joy”. How is this possible? How can we consider it all joy when we encounter various trials? The reason we should consider it all joy when we are subjected to various trials is because the testing of our faith produces endurance (Jam. 1:3). And when we are patience to the end, we will be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing (v. 4). In fact, when we are faced with various trials, we sometimes realize our shortcomings. For example, when we face trials we realize th...