{"id":2862,"date":"2016-04-20T12:48:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T16:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2016-04-20T12:48:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T16:48:15","slug":"a-prayer-for-the-joy-in-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2016\/04\/a-prayer-for-the-joy-in-trials.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for the Joy in Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. (James 1:2-4 NLT)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u201cWhen through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>My grace, all-sufficient shall be thy supply<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>~John Rippon 1787<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Father,<\/p>\n<p>Your word tells me that troubling times are joy-producing because they are productive in terms of my personal growth and character transformation. I\u2019ve never much liked taking my medicine. Sometimes I\u2019d rather be sick. If you say trials are not to be bemoaned but rather, in a sense, celebrated, then that shall be my perspective of this current struggle. So bring on the change of heart through this ordeal. Maximize this challenge for the good of my character. And Lord, return to me the joy of my salvation. Thank you for the outcome of this trial, for you have promised to help me, and by faith I am\u00a0an overcomer.<\/p>\n<p>In Jesus\u2019 Name Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 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