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Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

Tuesday, June 30 2026

DON’T FAINT IN THE  
DAY OF ADVERSITY!
( No Quitting; No Backing  
Down)

📖TO THE BIBLE - Proverbs 24:10 
“If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small.”
 
LET’S TALK➡️ 
Ever heard the saying, “Life is not a bed of roses”? Well, not the Christian life! It is, indeed, a bed of roses. Why else would the Psalmist say, “Because the Lord is my Shepherd, I have everything I need! He lets me rest in the meadow grass and leads me beside the quiet streams…”

(Psalms 23:1-2 TLB). However, it’s a bed of roses that comes with tests and trials. Such challenging times are what our opening verse refers to as “the day of adversity.” Some believers dread such times and fervently pray to God to never to allow them go through them.However, to avoid situations that challenge your faith is to limit your spiritual growth and reduce your chances of promotion.

 
James 1:2 says, “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials.” Why would God admonish you to rejoice when tests and challenges come at you on all sides? It’s because He knows that victory is in your spirit. Having been born again, you’ve become an overcomer and more than a conqueror. Consequently, no situation that you face should overwhelm you. 

 
There are things that make you tough as a Christian, and if you don’t welcome them, you’d remain at the same level of faith and maturity. Therefore, your adversaries  
are important in the toughening process, so never pray against them, no matter what troubles, problems and difficulties they bring your way. See challenges as spiritual training that builds your strength and confidence in God. Welcome them to strengthen your faith-muscles, and you’ll discover they’re the agents for your promotion.

I have known only one journey in life: upward and forward. I don’t have ups and downs. That doesn’t mean challenges don’t come, but I always win. No matter what you face in school, at home, or with friends, refuse to quit. So welcome challenges; welcome troubles because they’re the contrary winds that help to drive your roots deeper. And the more the wind blows against you, the higher you’ll fly. Hallelujah!

📖Go Deeper 
Romans 8:28; Ephesians 6:10-13
 
Pray
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for helping me see through your Word how the challenges that come my way strengthen my faith and result in my promotion as I handle them with the right attitude. I'm fully convinced of my eternal victory over Satan, the world and every adversity; therefore, I rejoice, in Jesus'Name. Amen.
 
📚Daily Bible Reading 
ONE-YEAR PLAN 
Acts 14:1-28, Nehemiah 11-13
 
TWO-YEAR PLAN 
Luke 5:12-26, Deuteronomy 27
 
Act
When things get uncomfortable, don't quit fast anymore. Try again. Pray again. Study again. Believe again.

...........✍️ My Notes
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