CHRIST DEARLY BELOVED: WE ARE TO BE FIRM IN OUR FAITH IN CHRIST, AND BE MORE COURAGEOUS WHILE DEALING WITH THE DEMANDS AND CHALLENGES OF LIFE ON A DAILY BASIS. PUTTING OUR HOPE AND TRUST IN CHRIST JESUS WHILE THINGS ARE NOT AS EXPECTED IS FAITH IN ADVERSITY. JOSHUA, 1:-9 “BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS; DO NOT BE FRIGHTENED OR DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.” THE MAJOR REASON OF HAVING CHRIST IN OUR LIVES IS FOR ETERNAL SALVATION. AND SALVATION COMES WITH PRICE. THE ULTIMATE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID BY JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY. WHAT IS LEFT FOR US AS CHRIST FOLLOWERS IS OUR CROSS WHICH WE MUST CARRY. MATTHEW, 16:-24 “THEN JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES, “IF ANYONE WOULD COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS AND FOLLOW ME.” LIFE MAY SOMETIMES BE UNKIND TO US BY THE REASON OF HARDSHIP AND DIFFICULTLY, BUT WITH A STRONG FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS WE SHALL OVERCOME. INASMUCH AS WE ARE CONTENT WITH WHATEVER PROVIDED BY OUR MERCIFUL FATHER WE WILL NOT FALL INTO SIN. 1 CORINTHIANS, 10:-13 “NO TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU THAT IS NOT COMMON TO MAN. GOD IS FAITHFUL, AND HE WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED BEYOND YOUR ABILITY, BUT WITH THE TEMPTATION HE WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE WAY OF ESCAPE, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ENDURE IT.” EVEN THOUGH WE ARE BEING TEMPTED ON A DAILY BASIS BY SATAN, LET US ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LEAD US IN THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. OUR GOD HAS GIVEN UNTO US ALL THINGS NEEDED TO LIVE A GODLY LIFE. WE JUST HAVE TO BE CONTENT. IN CLOSING: MAY GOD LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION AND DELIVER US FROM EVIL. IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY.
