Do you ever face trial of your faith?

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this post should take approximately three to five minutes to read from start to finish.

I would like to ask the following two questions and you can either ask yourself the following questions either now or in your own time. "Have you ever face trial of your faith?" "If yes, how have you face trial of your faith throughout your life so far?" This post is based on October 2012 General Conference talk and it's called, "Trial of Your Faith" by Elder Neil L. Andersen.

I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the talk and I hope you will be able to learn something new.

Elder Andersen mentioned, "Like the intense fire that transforms iron into steel, as we remain faithful during the fiery trial of our faith, we are spiritually refined and strengthened. ..  The gift of faith is a priceless spiritual endowment. .. We treasure our faith, work to strengthen our faith, pray for increased faith, and do all within our power to protect and defend our faith. The Apostle Peter identified something he called a “trial of your faith.” ..

These fiery trials are designed to make you stronger, but they have the potential to diminish or even destroy your trust in the Son of God and to weaken your resolve to keep your promises to Him. These trials are often camouflaged, making them difficult to identify. .. A real but manageable test for one can be a fiery trial for another.

How do you remain “steadfast and immovable” during a trial of faith? You immerse yourself in the very things that helped build your core of faith: you exercise faith in Christ, you pray, you ponder the scriptures, you repent, you keep the commandments, and you serve others.

"Dispute not because ye see not for ye receive
no witness until after the trial of your faith."
- Ether 12:6

When faced with a trial of faith whatever you do, you don’t step away from the Church! Distancing yourself from the kingdom of God during a trial of faith is like leaving the safety of a secure storm cellar just as the tornado comes into view. .. There is always a place for you here. No trial is so large we can’t overcome it together.

.. The leaders of the Church are honest but imperfect men. Remember the words of Moroni: “Condemn me not because of mine imperfection, neither my father … ; but rather give thanks unto God that he hath made manifest unto you our imperfections, that ye may learn to be more wise than we have been.”

.. President Ezra Taft Benson said, “Every [person] eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there … must make his stand.” Don’t be surprised when it happens to you! By definition, trials will be trying. There may be anguish, confusion, sleepless nights, and pillows wet with tears. But our trials need not be spiritually fatal. They need not take us from our covenants or from the household of God.

“Remember, … it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.”

.. With faith come trials of faith, bringing increased faith. .." If you would like to read the whole talk in your own time, here's the link www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2012/10/trial-of-your-faith

Stay tuned until next time.