"You... are kept by the power of God through faith.... though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations, that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ" (1 Peter 1:4-7).
My faith is a treasure more precious than gold
That manifold trials refine.
Temptations thus teach me to steadfastly hold
To power much greater than mine.
Trials will come, yet not without reason,
As God by His love has decreed.
Joy and faith follow, though yet for a season,
It's heaviness now that I need.
Athletes compete, and we greatly admire
The discipline each one displays.
So may our faith, though it be tried by fire,
Be found to give Jesus Christ praise!
Help us, O God, to achieve that reward
More precious than gold that will perish:
A faith that will magnify Jesus our Lord,
A goal we forever will cherish!
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