Here a Devotion you might like to tell your boys. Some one send me this
devotion I like it and I hope you do to.
Later,
Wayne
Outpost 62
Collinsville First Assembly of God
Devotion Name:
"Is God Trying to Get Our Attention?"
> 1. God uses problems to DIRECT you.
> Sometimes God must light a fire under you to get you moving. Problems
often
> point us in a new direction and motivate us to change. Is God trying to
get
> your attention?
>
> "The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward
parts
> of the belly." �- Proverbs 20:30
>
>
> 2. God uses problems to INSPECT you.
> People are like tea bags...if you want to know what's inside them, just
drop
> them into very hot water! �Has God tested your faith with a problem? �What
> do problems reveal about you?
>
> My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
> knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. �- James
1:2-3
>
>
> 3. God uses problems to CORRECT you.
> Some lessons we learn only through pain and failure. It's likely that as a
> child your parents told you not to touch a hot stove. �But you probably
> learned by being burned. Sometimes we only learn the value of
> something...health, money, a relationship... by losing it.
>
> It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy
statutes.
> Psalm 119:71
>
> 4. God uses problems to PROTECT you.
> A problem can be a blessing in disguise if it prevents you from being
harmed
> by something more serious. Last year a friend was fired for refusing to do
> something unethical that his boss had asked him to do. His unemployment
was a
> problem - but it saved him from being convicted and sent to prison a year
> later when management's actions were eventually discovered.
>
> But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good...
> Genesis 50:20
>
> 5. God uses problems to PERFECT you.
> Problems, when responded to correctly, are character builders. God is far
> more interested in your character than your comfort. Your relationship to
> God and your character are the only two things you're going to take with
you
> into eternity.
>
> "And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that
tribulation
> worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope
> maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts
by
> the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. �- Romans 5:3-5
>
> Here's the point:
>
> God is at work in your life - even when you do not recognize
> it or understand it. But it's much easier and �profitable when you
> cooperate with Him.
