On the video, I messed up here and there, but I hope you received the message. When we want to get closer to God, we can look into the book of James, to find lessons that will shape our attitude.
In the first chapter, the main lesson is that we have to stand with God, all the time. Not just when we feel in danger or when you know something bad will happen. Don't think though, that standing with God is an easy objective to accomplish, what I mean is that you might go 75% but as you keep going up you see that the trials you are facing are getting more hard.
In 1 Peter 1:6-4 (NTL) So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold-though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, ir will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus is revealed to the whole world.
Once you decide that you want to be the light in shadows of the valley of death that we walk, we will face adversity. But don't falter, these problems if overcomed will purify your soul the same way fire can be used to purify gold. When gold is heated, the impurities float on top of the gold and can be easily removed, sort of like the same process for making skim milk. If we face a problem, don't ask God "why me?" when you perfectly know that it is not God who wants to hurt you but the enemy instead is trying to keep you at that 75%, so that you will not get that glory once you have achieved 100%.
So what do facing these problems yield. Once overcomed, you will gain confidence, perseverance, and courage. In more detailed, c0nfidence is what will allow us to walk with God, because we will understand that God is there protecting us and guiding us to a better future. Perseverance, we feel horrible deep inside, you want to go berserk because the problems you are facing right now are to big for you, but showing perseverance in a situation like this means that you will show your grief but will not fall into bitterness or depression. Courage, will be naturally formed in you because you will see that Jesus will walk with you as a Brother, so we don't need to be afraid. Being afraid will cloud our vision of who we really are.
So friends, I leave you with that. If you wan't to email me go ahead, only.praise.be.to.him@gmail.com I will respond as soon as I can.
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