Tuesday, March 17, 2009

God's School of Testing

We may graduate from high school or college. But as Christians, we seem to never graduate from God's school. In His school, He uses lots of tests. I found these lists interesting and insightful.

Nine Tests Every Christian Must Face.
Lesson 1 - The Wilderness Test
Lesson 2 - The Time Test
Lesson 3 - The Motivation Test
Lesson 4 - The Failure Test
Lesson 5 - The Self-will Test
Lesson 6 - The Discouragement Test
Lesson 7 - The Misunderstanding Test
Lesson 8 - The Frustration Test
Lesson 9 - The Servant Test

Testing is
* Inevitable
* Continual
* Necessary
* Productive
* Influential
* Crafted by God

Dangers of the Testing
* People become DISILLUSIONED
* People become DISTRAUGHT
* People become DISTRACTED
* People become ANGRY
* People become BITTER
* People become HARDENED

The purpose of every test is:
* To reveal what we understand
* To reveal what we don't understand
* To reveal to us the applicability of the lesson

Have a great day!

-Pastor Randy

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