Friends, here is a book that has the potential to help you through hard times with grace written by Pastor Scott LaPierre.
Here is Scott, in his own words, describing his book and how it will be of great help to you.
Recently a friend of ours, Rachel Dye, learned she has stage four cancer. She’s a young mother of three children. We have watched her and her husband, Jamison, walk through this trial with great faith and peace. Why haven’t they questioned (or criticized) God? How can they be so strong during such a difficult trial? Why did they respond this way when their circumstances would devastate many others? I wrote Enduring Trials God’s Way, hoping to answer these questions.
Is there any reason you should trust my answers? No, and I am not asking you to do so. The book is not a collection of my thoughts about trials. Rather, I am inviting you to trust the Bible. Enduring Trials God’s Way came from several sermons I preached, and I labored over each one for twenty to thirty hours per week. God knows what is necessary for people to find joy in suffering.
As a pastor, I watch firsthand as people suffer through trials. Woodland Christian Church maintains a prayer list, and it seems as soon as we can remove one request, another is added. We have prayed about medical issues, job losses, deaths of family members, and the examples could go on.
My family has not been immune to trials. This past year my sister-in-law, who lives with her family next door to us, experienced two massive heart attacks. My dad, who lives with my mom up the street from us, went through radiation and chemotherapy (and that is besides his Alzheimer’s). My wife, Katie, and I experienced our second miscarriage.
Trials are part of life on this side of heaven, and God wants to use them for your good! My prayer has been that I can give you the encouragement from God’s Word that He wants you to have when you experience them!
I wrote Enduring Trials God’s Way to give people scriptural principles that provide encouragement when suffering. Every chapter concludes with questions that help you apply what you are reading. If you read the book, you will be able to:
- Develop the spiritual perspective to embrace trials
- Appreciate the maturity trials produce
- Understand the rewards–in this life and the next–for enduring trials
- Recognize God is still compassionate and gracious even during trials
- Learn to persevere through trials that threaten your faith
Your suffering is not meaningless or accidental. God loves you, and He always works in your best interests. Learn the Biblical Recipe for Finding Joy in Suffering!
Enduring Trials God’s Way has been endorsed by prominent ministry leaders:
- “Suffering. You’re either in it, or you will be! Richly biblical, Scott LaPierre’s latest book reveals a gracious pastor’s heart, compassionately equipping people for trials. Every believer needs this book.”
Douglas Bond—Speaker, tour leader, and author of twenty-five books of biography, practical theology, and historical fiction - “Everywhere we look there are extreme circumstances: hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, diseases, economic challenges, political turmoil, and the list goes on. I truly believe Scott has written a book ‘for such a time as this.’ This is one of the best biblical treatments on the difficult subject of suffering that I have come across. Packed with encouragement from the Holy Scriptures, Pastor Scott carefully lifts up the wonderful sovereignty of God in suffering and the cross of Christ during trials to help the reader develop the blessing of an eternal perspective. Every believer needs this volume in their library. I wholeheartedly recommend Enduring Trials God’s Way!”
Carlton C. McLeod, D. Min—Speaker, author, and senior pastor of Calvary Revival Church Chesapeake
Check out my newly released book – Delighting in the Names of God: 8 Weeks to a Deeper Prayer Life
Do you desire a stronger connection with God?
Do you long for a more intimate relationship with Him?
Do you want to know how to delight in God?
“Delighting in the Names of God” will take you on an 8-week journey of reconnecting and delighting in Yahweh through studying 7 Hebrew names of God. It’s a simple way of deepening your prayer life.
This study is perfect for individuals and small groups with discussion/meditative questions at the end of each Hebrew name of God.
Taking the “Delighting in the Names of God” Journey, you will:
•Uncover a God who wants to be discovered by you
•Get past knowing about God and dig into knowing God at a deeper personal level
•Develop a richness and freedom in your prayer life
•Grow in faith automatically as you use what you discover
•Increase your contentment level as your image of God is renewed
•Know God in a fresh way that will lead to inner contentment
•Discover Faith Building Scriptures that you can apply to your own life
•Learn Rachel’s Fear Busting Scriptures that will help you banish fear
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Scott LaPierre says
Rachel,
Thank you for reviewing my book, Enduring Trials God’s Way!
I am praying God uses the book to strengthen people when they are suffering and draw them closer to Christ.
If anyone reads this review and has any questions or I can pray for you in any way, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me through the contact page on my website: https://www.scottlapierre.org/contact/.
In Christ,
Scott