Hymns of Praise | I Will Love God to Eternity | Song of All Time

Hymns of Praise | I Will Love God to Eternity | Song of All Time

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O God!

Your words have led me back to You.

I accept training in Your kingdom

day and night.

So many trials and pains,

so many tribulations.

Short Christian Reflections | Why Does God Let Us Experience Trials and Refinement? (Part 2)

May 25, 2019

By Li Tong

Can Material Grace Help Us Grow in Our Lives?

Oftentimes, we lack understanding of God’s good intentions, and hope that things go as we wish them to. We are particularly unwilling to undergo trials and refinement. Instead, we hope for an entirely peaceful life without any catastrophes in our lives or our loved ones’ lives. We want everything to go smoothly, and to enjoy God’s blessings and grace. But do we ever consider whether a comfortable environment can allow us to cast off our corrupt dispositions? Can material blessings really help us know God’s disposition and being? If we only enjoy His mercy and grace, can that increase our faith in Him and allow us to develop true love for and submission to God? God’s words say, “If you only enjoy the grace of God, with a peaceful family life or material blessings, then you have not gained God, and your belief in God has failed. God has already carried out one stage of the work of grace in the flesh, and has already bestowed material blessings upon man—but man cannot be made perfect with grace, love, and mercy alone. In man’s experiences he encounters some of God’s love, and sees the love and mercy of God, yet having experienced for a period of time, he sees that God’s grace and His love and mercy are incapable of making man perfect, and incapable of revealing that which is corrupt within man, nor are they able to rid man of his corrupt disposition, or make perfect his love and faith. God’s work of grace was the work of one period, and man cannot rely on enjoying the grace of God in order to know God” (“Only by Experiencing Painful Trials Can You Know the Loveliness of God”).

Christian Worship Song | God's Authority Is a Symbol of the Creator's Identity and Substance

Christian Worship Song | God's Authority Is a Symbol of the Creator's Identity and Substance

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God is life, the source of all living beings. God's authority makes all things obey His words. God's word makes them come into being. When God commands, they will live and reproduce. God rules all living beings, and there'll be no deviation forever and ever. The power of God can create things of any form that have life and vitality. And this is determined by the life of God.