2013-12-22
Being the Solid Foundation
Pat Gatlin

A. James 1:2-5
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

2 Cor 12:10
That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Cor 4:14
For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison.

Ephesians 2:19-22
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In Him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a hold temple in the Lord. And in Him you, too, are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by His Spirit.

Isaiah 28:16
So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed."

Romans 8:25
We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purposes.