MGD: Built for the Battle

Shalom, beloved. You are warmly welcome to today's Morning Glory devotion.

I count it a great privilege to be bringing you

a devotional message written by Mr. and Mrs. Kusi from

the Harvest Chapel International, Dinamiku Masl. Let us kindly share

a word of prayer. Our Heavenly Father, we thank you

for the blessing of a new day. Guided right here

in your presence, we humbly ask that you teach us

and open our hearts to receive and understand your word.

In Jesus' mighty name, Amen. Let us kindly take our

confession for today from Joshua 1-8. Joshua 1-8 This book

of the law shall not depart from my mouth, but

I shall meditate in it day and night, that I

may observe to do according to all that is written

in it. For then I will make my way prosperous,

and then I will have good success. Amen. Today's message,

written by Mr. and Mrs. Kusi, is titled, BUILD FOR

THE BATTLE BUILD FOR THE BATTLE Our scripture reading shall

be taken from James chapter 1, the verse 2 to 4.

James 1 · chapter mention

James chapter 1, the verse 2 to 4. I will

James 1 · chapter mention

be reading from the New Living Translation. Dear brothers and sisters,

when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it

an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when

your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.

So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed,

you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. The Lord

add his blessings to the reading and hearing of this word.

Thanks be to God. Amen. Build for the battle. Build

for the battle. My wife and I were recently looking

back on our daughter's first few months at daycare. Because

we both work, she started at a very tender age.

We found a wonderful facility. The staff were attentive, the

rooms were spotless, and every hygiene rule was followed perfectly. Yet,

almost from her very first week, it felt as though

she was constantly unwell. In one week, she had a

persistent runny nose. The next, a heavy cough. Then came

the fevers. Just when we thought she was finally turning

a corner, another symptom would appear. As periods, we were anxious.

Every sniffle felt like a crisis we needed to solve.

Then some healthcare professionals gave us some reassuring advice. They

explained that while we must care for her, This constant

cycle was completely normal. Our daughter was young and her

immune system was still learning. By encountering these common bugs,

her body was being trained to recognize and fight them.

Those difficult weeks were quietly building her defense system for

the future. The illnesses were measurable and we hated seeing

her suffer, but they were part of a larger process

of growing stronger. A while ago, we realized something remarkable.

It has been months since she last caught one of

those endless bouts of flu. Somewhere along the way, substantive

growth has taken place. What looked like one setback after

another had actually been building her up. This made me

think about our walk with Christ. How often do we

beg God for strength, but pray we never face a struggle?

How often do we ask for patience, but hate the

waiting room? We want deep faith, but we want a

life free from uncertainty. The truth we often try to

avoid is that the finest Christian virtues are forged in

uncomfortable places. James tells us to count it all joy

when we meet trials of various kinds, because the testing

of our faith produces steadfastness. Notice he does not say

the trial itself feels joyful. Disappointment cuts deep. Financial burdens

weigh heavily on your chest. Unanswered prayers leave us confused

and quiet in the dark. But God never wastes a season.

He is not just trying to get you through the storm.

He transforms you through the storm. Beloved, maybe you are

in a season right now where you feel constantly under attack,

moving from one crisis to the other. Take heart, the

trial that feels unbearable might just be the very circumstance

God is employing to build an unshakable faith within you.

for what lies ahead. We pray that God will give

you the grace to endure your storm of transformation. God

richly bless you. Let us kindly take our memory verse

for today. Our memory verse is taken from Romans chapter

Romans 5 · chapter mention

5 the verse 3 to 4. Romans chapter 5 the

Romans 5 · chapter mention

verse 3 to 4. I will be reading from the

New Living Translation. We can rejoice too when we run

into problems and trials. For we know that they help

us develop endurance, and endurance develops strength of character, and

character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. We can rejoice too,

when we run into problems and trials. For we know

that they help us develop endurance, and endurance develops strength

of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. Amen.

Let us kindly share a word of prayer. Our Heavenly Father,

we thank you for your refining process in our lives.

We ask for your forgiveness for the times we have

prayed for strength yet complained about the very struggles you

allowed to build it. Please grant us the grace to

trust your hand in the uncomfortable places we go through.

Help us to count it all joy when we face

various trials, knowing that you never waste a season of suffering,

but you are using it to build our endurance and

forge within us an unshakable faith for the future. In

Jesus' mighty name. Amen. Precious one, God never wastes a

season of hardship. The trials that feel unbearable right now

are quietly building an unshakable faith and defense system for

your future. God richly bless you. Amen. God richly bless

you for actively listening to today's Morning Glory devotion. We

hope you have been edified. Kindly join us again for

another episode tomorrow by God's grace at the very same time.

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Stay blessed. Shalom.