This document outlines nine common tests that Christians may face in their faith, including the wilderness test, time test, motivation test, failure test, self-will test, discouragement test, misunderstanding test, frustration test, and servant test. It explains that testing is inevitable, continual, necessary, productive, influential, and crafted by God. However, it can also lead people to become disillusioned, distraught, distracted, angry, bitter or hardened if not handled properly. The overall purpose of these tests is to reveal a Christian's understanding and help apply life's lessons.
This document outlines nine common tests that Christians may face in their faith, including the wilderness test, time test, motivation test, failure test, self-will test, discouragement test, misunderstanding test, frustration test, and servant test. It explains that testing is inevitable, continual, necessary, productive, influential, and crafted by God. However, it can also lead people to become disillusioned, distraught, distracted, angry, bitter or hardened if not handled properly. The overall purpose of these tests is to reveal a Christian's understanding and help apply life's lessons.
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This document outlines nine common tests that Christians may face in their faith, including the wilderness test, time test, motivation test, failure test, self-will test, discouragement test, misunderstanding test, frustration test, and servant test. It explains that testing is inevitable, continual, necessary, productive, influential, and crafted by God. However, it can also lead people to become disillusioned, distraught, distracted, angry, bitter or hardened if not handled properly. The overall purpose of these tests is to reveal a Christian's understanding and help apply life's lessons.
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Lesson 2 - The Time Test Lesson 3 - The Motivation Test Lesson 4 - The Failure Test Lesson 5 - The Self-will Test Lesson 6 - The Discouragement Test Lesson 7 - The Misunderstanding Test Lesson 8 - The Frustration Test Lesson 9 - The Servant Test
Your congregation will appreciate these explanations of the tests
we endure in our walk with Christ.
Testing is * Inevitable * Continual * Necessary * Productive * Influential * Crafted by God
Dangers of the Testing
* People become DISILLUSIONED * People become DISTRAUGHT * People become DISTRACTED * People become ANGRY * People become BITTER * People become HARDENED
The purpose of every test is:
* To reveal what we understand * To reveal what we don't understand * To reveal to us the applicability of the lesson