Torreys Collections Chap 8

Why name joy the gift in trials? Because trials keep us from becoming complacent about our loving God and Savior when we are forced to our knees and the tears won’t stop. It is only then that our communion with our God is the purest. Trials drive us to run boldly to the throne of grace, to the safety of being on our faces in the presence of God, and to spend time in deep communion with God. When we are hurting, we don’t suffer as much from weak, shallow, and meaningless minutes with the Lord, We learn to relish and anticipate hours with God! The experience of communion and intimate fellowship with God is the very depiction of joy!

Steve Swartz

Post published:March 15, 1994

This entry is part 9 of 16 in the series Torrey - Evangelism

Torrey - Evangelism

Torreys Collections Chap 8

The Torrey Collection – Chapter 8

VIII. THE BEST TEXTS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO POSTPONE A DECISION

ISA 55:6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

PRO 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

PRO 29:1 A man who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed–without remedy.

MAT 24:44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

MAT 25:10-13 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.” “Later the others also came. ‘Sir! Sir!’ they said. ‘Open the door for us!’ “But he replied, ‘I tell you the truth, I don’t know you.’ “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

LUK 12:19-20 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”‘ “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

1KI 18:21 Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.

JAM 4:13-14 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

LUK 13:24-25 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.'”

JOH 12:35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.”

MAT 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

2CO 6:2 For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.

HEB 3:15 As has just been said: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.”

ECC 12:1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them.”

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