{"id":47291,"date":"2025-06-21T09:46:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redemptionvalleychurch.org\/thechurch\/?p=47291"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:00:34","slug":"todays-encouragement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redemptionvalleychurch.org\/thechurch\/blog\/2025\/06\/21\/todays-encouragement\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Encouragement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">SURPRISE! This verse has nothing to do with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u25cb Sports<br>\u25cb Personal Dreams<br>\u25cb Being a Champion<br>\u25cb Overcoming Obstacles<br>\u25cb Increasing your Self-Esteem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Paul is actually referring to endurance in the midst of suffering.<br>We think suffering is bad, but God uses suffering in our lives to grow us closer to Him. If you are not in the midst of a trial right now, you just came out of one or will be entering one soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">How can you respond in a healthy way to trials and suffering?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Accept God&#8217;s sovereignty even in difficult circumstances.<br>Thank God in the midst of the suffering.<br>Ask God what He wants you to learn from this trial.<br>Surrender the outcome to God and God alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SURPRISE! 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