1 Peter 1:6-7 (NLT)
So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
Gracious Father,
We come to You with hearts that choose joy, even when the road is hard. You see the trials we are enduring, and You remind us that they are not forever. Help us to trust that in spite of these trials there is a joy greater than our pain and a hope that cannot be taken away.
When our faith is tested, mold us into the people You desire us to be. Like gold purified by fire, shape our hearts through these struggles so that what remains is genuine, strong, and pleasing to You. When doubts rise and weariness sets in, anchor us in the truth that our faith is far more precious than anything this world can offer.
Give us endurance to remain strong, courage to keep believing, and eyes to see how You are at work even now. May our lives, tested and proven through trial, bring praise, glory, and honor to You. And may we live in hopeful expectation of the day when Jesus Christ is revealed in all His glory.
We place our trust in You, knowing You are faithful to finish the work You have begun.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
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