Jennifer LeClaire here with you senior leader The Awakening House of Prayer
founder of The Awakening blaze prayer movement today I want to talk to you
about trials trials trials it's almost like a dirty word you know in the book
of James it says you know it counted all joy my brethren when you fall into all
kinds of trials I remember as a young Christian when I would read that I'm
like what I thought James had some issues I'm like how can you tell me to
rejoice you don't understand what I'm going through you don't get it how are
you telling me to rejoice it's because that James understood by the Spirit the
outcome of a trial is greater patience the outcome of a trial is greater wisdom
and trials are no fun I've yet to ever be through a trial that I found
enjoyable but we can have joy in the trial hear me the trial itself is not
enjoyable but we can find joy in the trial you gotta me say it one more time
the trial itself is not enjoyable it's not I don't I've never met anybody that
went through a serious trial that said I really enjoyed that but nevertheless you
can rejoice but here's something the Lord showed me this morning it was
actually through a dream that I had last night I'm not going to share the dream
but there is grace for the trial there's there's many ways God can demonstrate
his grace to you through the trial one of them is is through his power you know
part of Grace's is its power you know sometimes when you're going through a
trial especially if it's a physical trial you just you're just worn out your
body is worn out but you know your mind gets worn out - you know I was listening
last night to a twosome some some research I like I like documentaries and
I was listening last night to some research on sleep and and they say that
it's actually not physical work that makes you tired it's the mental issues
it's the worry it's the fear it's the as dramas the strife this is what actually
makes you tried yes your body will be tired if you do a bunch of bunch of work
but it's your mind and studies are showing that if you'll sleep six hours
now I'm not giving you medical advice I'm reiterating something for a
spiritual point if you get six hours of sleep but then sleep one hour late in
the afternoon or even early in the evening that you'll actually add an hour
of productivity to your day why it's because your mind gets tired especially
if you work in a cerebral a sort of
career like writing or being a doctor or something where you have to use your
mind all day I'm sure police officers as well you know anything where where you
have to use your mind it's it's it's it's the mind so your mind can get worn
out and many times in trials it's not so much against our body but it's mostly
against our mind the battle is in the mind and even if you do have a battle in
your body there's you've still got a battle in your mind and so it's like a
double whammy when you get hit in your body
it's really a double whammy but you've got you feel like you don't have any
more strength you know when you're going through the trough so ask God to extend
His grace his power and receive his strength you know if you think you can
do it on your own then you're falling into the the enemy's prideful plan for
you but the Bible says that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble
and God will provide grace for the trial he told Paul my grace is sufficient for
you second Corinthians twelve verses 7 through 10 so to keep me from becoming
conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations a thorn was
given me in the flesh a messenger of Satan to harass me to keep me from being
conceited three times I plugged with the Lord about this that he that it should
leave me three times I probably would have prayed it more than that but he
said my grace is sufficient for you my power is made perfect in weakness so if
you're going through a trial you feel very weak understand that his power is
perfected in your weakness just press into that grace Paul said therefore I
will boast all the more gladly me of my weaknesses so that the power of
Christ may rest upon me for the sake of Christ that I am content with weakness
insults hardships persecutions and calamities for when I am weak then I am
strong that's part of the power of fasting because when you fast you're
becoming weak in the flesh but his strength might be manifest in you
another way that God gives us grace and trials is a is a greater awareness of
his presence now you have to be mindful with him but he's with us you have to
know that he's with us he had to meditate on the fact that he is with you
in the fire he is with you in the valley he is with you and he's in the desert he
is with you through the waters he is with you and the Bible says if you draw
near to him he'll draw near to you he'll ease your pain and your grief and then
he'll allow you to use that trial to help somebody else you ever been in a
trial and somebody really comforted you you know how they comforted you you know
how they were able to be so effective in their comfort many top many times is
because they're comforting you with the comfort with which they've been
comforted in other words they're able to relate to you because they have been
through what you're going through the best person to comfort you other than
the one who's just you know has this you know just a really under deep
understanding love of God is someone who's been through what you've got what
you're going through and has some victory someone who's been through that
divorce someone who's been through that cancer someone who's been through that
battle of the mind that heart trouble someone who's been through the breakup
that the broken heart someone who's been through that because they can relate to
you more directly it's one thing to sympathize with someone it's another
thing to empathize to actually have felt that way or something similar before but
God understands our infirmities God Himself understands if you can't find
anybody else to stand he can understand and his presence is always with you he's
the god of comfort and the third thing it how God can give us grace and
trowsers provision
he'll still meet your needs in the middle of a trial whether it's your need
for relationship whether it's your need for four for whatever it is you need
whether it's a spiritual leader or a physical need he'll make provision and
it really is true if some people get mad when I say this but God won't let more
come on you than you can bear so if you are really going through it
obviously God sees you as strong enough to go through it and he's doing
something in you he's not bringing the trial hear me he's not bringing the
trial but he is bringing provision power and presence for the trial he'll never
let you down there is grace for the trial he might not always save that job
that you wanted to say if you might stay sick longer than you wanted to stay sick
your kids may be off in prodigal State longer than you wanted to but he has his
hand on it Romans 8 and 28 is true God works all things together for the good
to those who love him and are called according to his purpose as it's true
and His grace really is sufficient lean into His grace we're in the middle of a
trial thank for His grace lean into it and understand to know that he will
respond in love amen I want to pray for you want to remind
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God is good father I thank you for the anointing to pray I thank you for the
anointing to overcome I thank you for the anointing to walk through trials I
thank you for the anointing to break the yoke help us God to see what you see
in the midst of the trial so that we won't be timid and lose faith and lose
heart and grow weary in well-doing we know if we don't grow weary but if we
keep pressing through the trial in due season we're gonna reap a harvest we're
gonna reap a harvest of patience welcome people harvest and joy we're gonna be
both harvest and whatever whatever the enemy was trying to to kill still
destroying that trial we're gonna get the spoils the harvest
we're gonna glorify you in Jesus name I hope you enjoyed the podcast
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