I have kept you through all things—through the trying times, the testing times, the purging times. And there are cycles—cycles in which things go well, and then they go bad, and then I bring forth victories and they go well again. You must hold on to Me, seek Me, and follow Me through each phase of the cycles. For I lead you, and I guide you, and I bring you through these things.
So think it not strange concerning the fiery trials which test you and try you. For I allow these things—to move you, to change you, to test you, to purge you, to cause you to seek Me, to make you face the challenges, to make you pull out the sword of the Spirit of My Word, to make you hold up the shield of faith and to make you fight!