Good morning. We are back to the handout sheet. It ties in with other verses we've looked at in the past. There is no temptation or trial that happens to me that is not common to man. But God is faithful, and will not allow me to be tried beyond what I am able to endure, but will with the trial make a way of escape, that I may be able to bear it. We think we can't bear it, but God says we can. Whom are we going to believe – our minds or God? When we get into the habit of yielding, it is hard to resist the temptation. When we have a trial, it looks bigger than our God. David was in the valley. The giant was on the hillside. In the morning light, the giant's shadow probably filled the valley and made him look even bigger than he really was. That is the way of our trials – they look bigger than they actually are. David was in the valley of the shadow of death. But he feared no evil – because his God was bigger than the evil. God says we are able to endure. How can we endure? Because God always makes a way of escape, so that we can bear the trial. It's only a trial, if there is a possibility that we will yield. There is nothing that can come against us that no one else has endured. It may seem like it though. Surely no one else has gone through successfully what we have to face. But God – the two greatest words in the Bible. He is faithful; and we will escape. Father help the reader to endure all trials that he/she goes through. Help him/her to always realize that You are with him/her to strengthen and guide him/her. He/she will come out on the other side victorious!

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