But what Paul is saying is, instead of crying out to God in your difficulty with doubt,

with questionings, with dissatisfaction, with discontent blaming God, cry out to God with

what attitude?

Thanks, give it.

Fox's Book of Martyrs has encouraged believers for centuries by highlighting the lives,

the courageous testimonies of Christians who remained faithful through persecution, resentment,

and even death because of their beliefs.

They had heroic, unwavering faith.

Now in your own life, how can you display that kind of God glorifying obedience?

How can you maintain a resolute love for Christ, whether you're facing persecution and

death, or just the daily trials of life?

John MacArthur is helping you with that in his current study on Grace to You titled Seven

Steps to Spiritual Stability.

John has already looked at the importance of harmony, joy, humility, and faith, and today's

lesson focuses on how prayer can bring you stability.

And with that message, here is John MacArthur.

We're studying the fourth chapter of Philippians, and we're learning about spiritual stability.

What it takes to be strong in the trying times, times of great temptation, times of great

trial, times of persecution, times of great loss in our families, times of confusion,

times of distress and illness, how can we be spiritually strong?

How can we have that stability that looks death right in the eye and doesn't flinch and

doesn't waver and doesn't equivocate and doesn't doubt?

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