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Trials — Studies & Devotionals

Every study, devotional and message on this site that deals with trials.

A painting of broad stone steps rising out of shadow into radiant cloud and golden light, carrying the Time Is At Hand name and address

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Overcoming Obstacles: Part Eight

Revelation 3:21 is the last of the seven promises to the overcomer, and the highest: to sit with Christ in His throne. Life is about overcoming, and Christ shows how it is done — He overcame first, and now invites us to sit down with Him.

A white marble pillar standing in a temple of light, the golden city glowing behind it under a sapphire sky, carrying the Time Is At Hand name and address

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Overcoming Obstacles: Part Seven

Revelation 3:12 makes the overcomer a pillar in the temple of God, and writes three names upon him — the name of God, the name of His city, and Christ's own new name. Without God, life is a journey into the unknown; with Christ, it becomes a journey of courage and progression.

A white robe of light floating beneath golden rays on a deep crimson sky, carrying the Time Is At Hand name and address

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Overcoming Obstacles: Part Six

Revelation 3:5 holds out three things to the one who overcomes — white raiment, a name that is not blotted out of the book of life, and a name confessed before the Father. White is the colour of heaven, and the robe is not one we can weave for ourselves.

The morning star burning over dark hills with first light along the horizon, carrying the Time Is At Hand name and address

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Overcoming Obstacles: Part Five

Revelation 2:26-28 closes with three gifts for the one who overcomes and keeps His works unto the end — judgment according to their works, power over the nations, and the morning star. Christ Himself says who that star is.

Motes of light falling through a warm violet night, one brighter than the rest, carrying the Time Is At Hand name and address

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Overcoming Obstacles: Part Four

Revelation 2:17 promises the overcomer three things — the hidden manna, a white stone, and a new name written in it. Each one is a reward of victory, and each is only for those who endure to the end.

Light breaking downward through a dark sky in gold, teal and deep indigo, carrying the Time Is At Hand name and address

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Overcoming Obstacles: Part Three

Overcoming the obstacle of sin is the greatest challenge of life — not because it is so difficult, but because the enemy of the soul exploits our ignorance. Revelation 2:11 makes the overcomer a promise about the second death.

1 John 5:4 — 'This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith' — set over the Time Is At Hand emblem

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Overcoming Obstacles: Part Two

"He that overcometh" is one of the most repeated phrases in Revelation. Scripture names what must be overcome — sin, the world, the mark of the beast — and names what is given to the one who does.

Matthew 24:13 — 'But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved' — set over the Time Is At Hand emblem

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Overcoming Obstacles

Life is a journey with many obstacles, challenges and pains. Christ does not promise a road without tribulation — He promises that He has already overcome the world, and calls us to endure to the end even as He endured.

Except Ye See – John 4:48

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Except Ye See

Trouble brought the nobleman to Christ. Sometimes the trial we would never choose becomes the blessing that draws us close to the Saviour.