Jonathan Osteen at Lakewood Church
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 1:6-7 KJV
Even challenges are part of God's perfect plan.
It's not genuine until it's tested.
That trial didn't come to break you it came to make you.
FLOURISH
grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment.
We are created to flourish in any situation.
Pearls are created under uncomfortable circumstances.
Irritations in our lives are used to develop something greater.
God works everything for our good.
Don't put your peace on hold until the situation turns around.
Nacre lines the inside of the shell. The formation of a natural pearl begins when a foreign substance slips into the oysterbetween the mantle and the shell, which irritates the mantle. It's kind of like the oystergetting a splinter. The oyster's natural reaction is to cover up that irritant to protect itself. The oyster would probably prefer not to have the the irritation but then there would be no pearl.
In the biblical narrative, Joseph was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, and rose to become vizier, the second most powerful man in Egypt next to Pharaoh, where his presence and office caused Israel to leave Canaan and settle in Egypt.
Learn to flourish no matter the situation.
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Proverbs 24:10 KJV
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Romans 8:37 KJV
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Philippians 4:4 KJV
Summer Nilson suffers from severe vertigo but she faces it everyday to minister. A lot of people are better off when you decide to flourish.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up."
Daniel 3:16-18 NKJV
Their faith was not dependent upon a favorable outcome.
And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
II Corinthians 12:7-9 NKJV
What will the world be like if I don't flourish?
Until we rock again,
🤘 P E A C E, L 💚 V E, & R⚡P S T⚡X 🤘
-Pound Pro Jenny
🤘 P E A C E, L 💚 V E, & R⚡P S T⚡X 🤘
-Pound Pro Jenny
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