{"id":916,"date":"2019-06-10T03:44:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T03:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/?p=916"},"modified":"2020-04-17T00:05:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T00:05:16","slug":"4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html","title":{"rendered":"4 Harmful Ways We Respond to Trials in our Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"unsplash-logoJoshua
Joshua Newton<\/span><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s no getting around difficult times in our lives.\u00a0As followers of Jesus, however, we are called to respond differently than the rest of the world.\u00a0It could be a relationship that is going downhill, a situation you weren\u2019t expecting or a trial that seems to be sapping your last ounce of energy. How do you respond when you\u2019re walking through trials?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1. Do you avoid\u00a0trials at all costs?<\/strong> Do you make whatever decisions and compromises\u00a0necessary to avoid difficulty in life?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2. Do you get angry?<\/strong> Do you get mad at God because life isn\u2019t fair and you feel you shouldn\u2019t have to go through trials?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3. Do you assume the worst?<\/strong> Do you assume that somehow God is punishing you for something you did or maybe He\u2019s just absent and He\u2019s abandoned you?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

4. Do you give up?<\/strong> Do you sit down, throw your hands up and allow\u00a0trials to overtake you?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Christ followers are called to be different. Read the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (Daniel 3<\/a>) and see how they courageously faced life-threatening trials.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

QUESTION FOR DISCUSSION: What’s a trial that you encountered and how did you face it?<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If you’d like to connect and see more of the content I’m working on, be sure to like my church Facebook page<\/a>. You can also find me on social media: Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s no getting around difficult times in our lives.\u00a0As followers of Jesus, however, we are called to respond differently than the rest of the world.\u00a0It could be a relationship that is going downhill, a situation you weren\u2019t expecting or a trial that seems to be sapping your last ounce of energy. How do you respond…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,398,399,400],"class_list":["post-916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-next-steps","tag-bible","tag-fire","tag-trial","tag-tribulations"],"yoast_head":"\n4 Harmful Ways We Respond to Trials in our Lives - Next Steps<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Everyone walks through trials in life. It's how we respond to them that makes all the difference.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 Harmful Ways We Respond to Trials in our Lives - Next Steps\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Everyone walks through trials in life. It's how we respond to them that makes all the difference.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Next Steps\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"facebook.com\/drjoshdaffern\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-10T03:44:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-17T00:05:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/403\/2019\/06\/joshua-newton-146009-unsplash-300x210.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Josh Daffern\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@joshdaffern\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"4 Harmful Ways We Respond to Trials in our Lives - Next Steps","description":"Everyone walks through trials in life. It's how we respond to them that makes all the difference.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"4 Harmful Ways We Respond to Trials in our Lives - Next Steps","og_description":"Everyone walks through trials in life. It's how we respond to them that makes all the difference.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html","og_site_name":"Next Steps","article_author":"facebook.com\/drjoshdaffern","article_published_time":"2019-06-10T03:44:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-04-17T00:05:16+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/403\/2019\/06\/joshua-newton-146009-unsplash-300x210.jpg"}],"author":"Josh Daffern","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@joshdaffern","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html","name":"4 Harmful Ways We Respond to Trials in our Lives - Next Steps","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/403\/2019\/06\/joshua-newton-146009-unsplash-300x210.jpg","datePublished":"2019-06-10T03:44:19+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-17T00:05:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/#\/schema\/person\/8ac2e15479ad6a320d2082837203cb7c"},"description":"Everyone walks through trials in life. It's how we respond to them that makes all the difference.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/403\/2019\/06\/joshua-newton-146009-unsplash-300x210.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/403\/2019\/06\/joshua-newton-146009-unsplash-300x210.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/06\/4-harmful-ways-respond-trials-lives.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"4 Harmful Ways We Respond to Trials in our Lives"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/","name":"Next Steps","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Josh Daffern","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/#\/schema\/person\/8ac2e15479ad6a320d2082837203cb7c","name":"Josh Daffern","description":"Born and raised in California, Josh graduated college from California Baptist University and spent two years as a missionary in Africa before coming back to America and finding the love of his life (Robin). Josh graduated from New Orleans Seminary with a Masters of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry. Josh has been involved in full-time ministry for over twenty years. He enjoys hiking, beach volleyball, reading, playing anything competitive, and rough-housing with his kids. Josh, his gorgeous wife Robin, his outrageously handsome boys Zeke, Shepherd and Lincoln and his princess Elle, live in northern Virginia. Josh also blogs on Patheos as New Wineskins: an Apologist for the Modern Church and you can find links to all his content on joshdaffern.com. Enjoy the blog!","sameAs":["http:\/\/joshdaffern.com","facebook.com\/drjoshdaffern","https:\/\/x.com\/joshdaffern"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/author\/jdaffern"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}