WHO DO YOU TRUST WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING – – – RIGHT?<\/p>\n
When a prominent Christian leader from America visited Christians in China, they gave him a surprising perspective.<\/p>\n
“The test of our faith here in China is persecution.\u00a0 The test of your faith in America is your prosperity.”<\/p>\n
We’ve heard that it’s easy to trust God when everything is going right, and harder when things seem to be going wrong.<\/p>\n
Actually, the opposite is true.\u00a0 The hardest time to trust God is during the good times, because then it is easiest to forget God.<\/p>\n
So, who do we trust when everything is going right?\u00a0 Ourselves.<\/p>\n
American Christians will soon experience what the rest of the world knows—what it costs to be a Christian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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