Prayer (from June 16 message, “A Faith Shaped by Adversity”)

Lord, grant me the ability to rejoice when trials come.

Give me patience to endure under the difficulty.

Allow me the grace to avoid bitterness that comes from hardship.

Provide me the wisdom to see your activity in my life and to believe you are there even when you seem invisible.

Grant me the faith to believe that you are working out everything for my good and that you will someday make all things new.

Amen