When difficult times come and the problems that arise seem insurmountable; then is a good time to turn to the Lord in prayer.

To the righteous man the difficult times becomes a trial of his faith; a testing of his moral fiber; a time of spiritual growth; a time when he turns to the Lord in effectual fervent prayer.

To the unrighteous man the difficult times becomes a shameful display of his faithlessness; a time of the revealing of his moral corruption; a time of spiritual decay; a time when he turns away from the Lord and seeks after other gods and ideologies.

Brethren, let us reckon these difficult times in which we live as a time of great opportunity to grow in faith by turning to the Lord in prayer. Amen.
 ©10/05/2002 Jim Welch

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