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Welcome to the 4th instalment of Empower Church The Shire's Fulfil your Destiny Series. T is for Trial is this week's powerful message by Pastor Luke Harris. Through this message Pastor Luke shares on the goodness of God in the midst of hardship, and how we can strengthen ourselves, not just in the abounding times of our lives, but also the struggle.
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Lord of the Rings, “The Two Towers” Used by Permission, CVLI
DEVINE, DESIGN, DESIRE & DESTINATION
D is for. . .
ENTHUSIASTIC ENGAGEMENT with our LORD, LOCAL CHURCH, LIFE, the LOST and our LEGACY
E is for. . .
STEWARDSHIP
S is for. . .
TRIAL is TRAINING for TRIUMPH
T is for. . .
Five causes of occurrences in our lives:
1. God influences, leads and directs us. 2. Satan comes to steal kill and destroy. 3. Other people make decisions and ac@ons that affect us. 4. We make decisions and carry out the consequences of those decisions. 5. Natural, physical incidents in the world impact us.
James 1
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the tes@ng of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. …12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is temp@ng me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone… 16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect giW is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shiWing shadows.
Hebrews 12:1-13
12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposi@on from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you completely forgo]en this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,
Hebrews 12:1-13
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you 6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.” 7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is trea@ng you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legi@mate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10 They disciplined us for a li]le while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the @me, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[b] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
Strengthen yourself
Straighten your path
12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[b] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
Acts 16
16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-‐telling. 17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shou@ng, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.” 18 She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit leW her.
19 When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authori@es. 20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar 21 by advoca@ng customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or prac@ce.”
Acts 16
22 The crowd joined in the a]ack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. 23 AWer they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the founda@ons of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”
Acts 16
29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were bap@zed. 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.
Strengthen yourself
Straighten your path
12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[b] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
TRIAL is TRAINING for TRIUMPH
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