When Trust is Tested

Sermon Application Questions:

1. Read James 1:2-4 and 1 Peter 1:6-7. What do these passages contribute to our understanding about God’s purposes in testing our faith?

2. Hezekiah faced very different kinds of tests: a national crisis, a personal illness, a temptation to which he was vulnerable. Is your trust in God being tested by something like one of these, or maybe something different? Is something in your life challenging your undivided trust in and devotion to God?

3. In what ways are you tempted to doubt that God is a living God, fully present with you and fully active on your behalf? How does the way he reveals himself in these chapters help you?

4. In what ways are you tempted to doubt that God is a loving God? Is it easier to believe that he loves other people than that he loves you? How does the way he reveals himself in these chapters help you?

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