1. Does God discipline us? Deuteronomy 8:5
2. How should we react to God’s discipline? Job 5:17 "_____________ is the man whom God corrects; so do not _______________ the discipline of the Almighty.”
3. What else does God do after He disciplines us? Job 5:18
4. When God gives us trials and disciplines us, what should our attitude be? James 1:2
5. What do these trials do for us? James 1:3, 4
6. Notice in James 1:12 what the person gets when they endure trials until the end.
Eternal life is not given as a reward for enduring trials; it is the discipline and training that leads us to trust in God. When we trust Him completely He gives us eternal life.
7. Why is severe discipline needed sometimes? Proverbs 20:30
God in His love for us wants us to have eternal life and peace on this earth. Sometimes we are not listening so He has to get our attention by strong trials. But remember, all trials do not come from God. Often they are a result of our own choices. Sometimes Satan is trying to get us discouraged. Whatever the trial, it is how we react to it that will determine the outcome.
The story is told of a grieving woman in China who visited a holy man and asked him to help her get over her intense sorrow. He told her to get a mustard seed from a home that had never experienced loss or sadness, for that would banish her grief.
The next day the woman visited from home to home in her city to find the seed, but she could not find one family that had not experienced some kind of tragedy. The more people she talked to, the more she began to feel a kinship with them. Finally this woman understood the holy man’s reason for finding the mustard seed. When you see the sorrow of others, your own problems do not seem so great.
8. What does the Bible tell to do when we are anxious and afraid? 1 Peter 5:7
9. After we have suffered for a little while, what will God do? 1 Peter 5:10
a.
b.
c.
d.
10. Read the promise in Isaiah 41:10,13. What will God do for you when you are enduring trials?
GOD HAS PROMISED
God has not promised skies always blue, flower strewn pathways all our lives through.God has not promised sun without rain,joy without sorrow, peace without pain.
But God has promised strength for the day, rest for the laborer, light on the way, grace for the trial, help from above, unfailing sympathy, and undying love.
Author Unknown
.JPG)
