A ____________ is created by something uncomfortable.
Every ______________ in our life is designed to become a pearl.
[James 1:2-4] Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. [3] For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. [4] So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
Your irritation wasn't designed to _______________ you but to help you ______________.
God is shaping you because you are _____________ to Him.
[Romans 8:17-18] And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. [18] Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.
If you are praying for a situation and God isn't ___________ it, it's a sign that God is _______________ on you.
[Isaiah 48:10] I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.
God isn't as interested in changing my _________________ as He is changing _________.
God may never remove the irritation but you can _________ to a point that it won't __________________ you anymore.
[1 Peter 4:12-13] Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you. [13] Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world.
God loves you too much to ____________ you how you are.
[James 1:12] God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
How we handle the ______________ things will determine the kind of life we live.
[Philippians 1:6] And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
