Testing Your Faith
From the Pastor’s Desk
The Bible teaches us that we should, “consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance” (James 1:2-3). Not too many of us enjoy the trials of life or do we like to have our faith tested in any way. We feel as though our faith is a private matter between ourself and God. Yet, it is that very God who allows our faith to be tested. God allows temptation and hard decisions to come into every believer’s life even though God says in James 1:13 that “He does not tempt anyone”. He does however allow the very works of the evil one to create an opportunity for the child of God to grow in his/her faith. It is akin to flexing your spiritual muscles. Today, our very able Pastor Don Wilson, will address this topic in much detail, showing you and I how to overcome the temptation of evil and how to be victorious and to avoid failure. I think that the solution is found in a song title by Amy Grant – “The battle belongs to the Lord”. However, today we will turn this subject over to Pastor Don. Let us listen closely as Pastor Don rightly divides the Word of God.
Pastor Wayne
