December

D-Don’t

E-Expect

C-Christ to

E-entertain us

M-but mentor

B-believers like us

E-and exercise us into growth

R-and redemption

If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened.” ~George Mueller

Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. (James 1:2-4, MSG)

Prayer- Father God, give us the courage to move forward and face wholeheartedly the life you have for us in Christ. Amen