Preview: A lesson about how the trials in our lives affect us and our relationship to the Lord.
Scripture Reading: Malachi 3:1-6.
Memory Verse: Malachi 3:2.
1. Why do you think the Lord try the children of Israel before giving them the land of milk and honey? Deuteronomy 3:2-3.
2. Why dd the Lord try Hezekiah? II Chronicles 32:31.
3. Does God know our attitude or the way we ‘take’ things when being tried? Why is this important? Job 23:10.
4. Why should we want God to try us? Psalm 26:2.
5. What will the Lord do for those who have once been joined to Him and then turn away after their own deceit? Jeremiah 9:7.
6. With what can we expect to be tried? Zechariah 13:9.
7. How will every man’s works be tried? I Corinthians 3:13.
8. What did Peter say concerning our fiery trials? I Peter 4:12-14.
9. How did God try the saints and prophets which were before us? Hebrews 11:36-38.
10. How valuable is a trial of our faith? I Peter 1:7.
11. What is our reward when we are tried and are faithful and endure? James 1:12.
Note: May we be so rooted and grounded in the truth that we may be able to say as Job did: “…when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold…” Amen.