Your trial is not meant to break you—it’s meant to prove God’s faithfulness

Unshakable Faith is Tested by Trials

Scripture:1 Peter 1:6-7

 "These trials have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith... may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed." 

Faith grows strongest when tested (like a muscle).  
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had faith before the fire, in the fire, and after the fire (Daniel 3:16-18).  

Key Thought: Your trial is not meant to break you—it’s meant to prove God’s faithfulness.  

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