2009-09-25T10:26:51-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/tribulations/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%201:2-3&version=NIV 2009-09-25T10:26:51-05:00 Why would anyone ever think to be grateful for trials and suffering? Because God can use the hard times in our lives as tests which cultivate spiritual characteristics like perseverance. When you're going through a personal trial, don't just pray for God to remove the suffering--pray also that he'll use it to make you into a more Christlike person. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2014:22&version=KJV 2009-08-17T17:04:37-05:00 If there's one thing we're not promised in our lives as Christians, it's that they'll be easy. We're told in Acts, among other places, that many trials, tribulations and hardships will be ours throughout our lives. http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=35623&columnid=3803 2008-10-27T17:50:33-05:00 Here is the image of our loving and graces God who transcends the bounders of our sin to give us His Grace.