40 Days Fasting Prayers 2025 - Day 37 - Voice of the cross of Christ

Thought for Day 36 and 37

Day 36: Trials and Sanctification

James 1:2,3

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

Third sanctifying agent is “Trials we face”.

The thing that we hate most….and pray that our Lord may keep us from are the trials we face. These cleanses us more than any other.

Trials will show us our true self…..what our heart is actually processing….and our dependence on God.

Think about Israelites’ journey in wilderness. Why wilderness experiences? God can protect us from outside demonic forces like in Egypt. But he cannot protect us from ourselves. The greatest temptation that they faced is riches and milk and honey in the promised land. Trials will bring detachment to this worldly stuff. No wonder for apostle Peter…trials are very precious.

Ps 119:67

Before I was afflicted I went astray,

but now I keep your word.

Day 37: Fellowship and Sanctification

Col 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom…..

One more sanctifying agent that the Bible records is “Fellowship”. A believer is never called to be alone. There are 59 “one another” passages in the New Testament showing how fellowship has to be. As much as we need to love and encourage one another…..we need to admonish one another too. Admonishing is actually correcting (sanctifying) one another.

Interestingly, the context of this passage is with fulness of Word of God.

We all will be always ready to admonish…..but not to receive admonishing.

When was the last time you received admonishing from a fellow believer?

Matt 7:5

…first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

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