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Words From Jesus: April 30, 2008
You wonder, "Why, Lord? Why do I have to go through so many hardships
and difficulties? Am I not pleasing You? I love You. Why do I have to go
through these things?"
Many Christians through the ages have asked this question. In each case
it was My Spirit working in them, because unless they became weak, I
could not become strong in them. Unless they became broken, I could not
teach them compassion; I could not give them the empathy, the outgoing
concern for others they needed. I could not give them the many
beautiful gifts of My Spirit that this brokenness and these hardships bring.
Through these afflictions I am teaching you to fight--not with your own
strength, but with My strength through prayer and looking to Me for
everything in your life.