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Every Trial Is a Gateway
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| I think we're being given a period of time of incredible relative peace, relative prosperity, maybe greater prosperity than we've ever known for the harvest. | |
| But we're going to see the ultimate battle between light and darkness. | |
| Well, when Paul said, through many tribulations shall you enter the kingdom of God, Acts 14, 22, in every trial and every tribulation, there's a gateway to the kingdom. | |
| There's a doorway. | |
| And we need to see them as such. | |
| Every trial in our life right now is God's providing us with a doorway to the kingdom. | |
| That's why James said, count it all joy when you encounter various trials. | |
| Peter said, the testing of our faith is more valuable than gold. | |
| How many of you appreciate your next big trial coming your way as much as finding a big pile of gold? | |
| I know where you're supposed to be. | |
| Like, man, this is better than gold, this new trial. | |
| But if we really understood how it is a gateway to the kingdom, it is. | |
| But the great tribulation for the whole earth is going to be the doorway for the whole earth to enter the kingdom age. | |
| It will be the doorway. | |
| So we've got to understand that tribulations are opportunities. | |
| Count them joy. | |
| Count them with expectancy. | |
| And, okay, how do I find the door in this one? | |
| Where's the door? | |
| There's got to be a door here. | |
| I'm coming out of this one better than ever. | |
| And I think with that attitude, we start seeing the doors and entering into them. | |
| Because God doesn't let anything happen. | |
| Satan can't get a shout in while God isn't looking. | |
| If the Lord's letting it happen, he's letting it happen for our sake. | |
| For us. | |