Your Attitude Through Trials Matters

(Based on Episode 1 “Your Attitude Through Trials Matters” with Cristina Baker)

What You’ll Learn:

Have you ever felt like just surviving a trial was enough? God sees it differently. In this session, Cristina Baker shows how your attitude in the trial—not just your actions—is deeply important to God.

God Cares About Your Posture in the Pain

We often ask God to get us through hard seasons. But have you ever considered that how you go through a trial matters just as much? Scripture shows us that God isn’t only focused on the outcome—He’s deeply interested in the posture of your heart in the midst of the journey.

When Cain’s offering wasn’t accepted, God’s first focus wasn’t on getting Cain’s giving up to speed. Instead, He asked Cain this question:

“Why has your countenance fallen?” (Genesis 4:6)

God didn’t just care about Cain’s actions. He cared about his attitude.

What the Bible Shows Us About Heart Posture

1. Moses: The Cost of Frustration

In Numbers 20, Moses was told to speak to the rock so water would flow for the people. Instead, in frustration, he struck the rock and harshly rebuked the Israelites. Even though water came forth, Moses’ attitude and disobedience cost him the chance to enter the Promised Land.

• He acted out of anger.
• He misrepresented God to the people.
• He let pressure override obedience.

God is merciful—but even leaders are accountable for how they carry their calling under pressure.

2. Paul: Joy in Chains

The apostle Paul said it this way in Philippians 1:18:

I will continue to rejoice.

He wasn’t sitting in comfort when he wrote those words. He was in prison in chains, surrounded by filth.

And yet joy flowed from his heart. Why?

Because his faith wasn’t tied to his circumstances. It was anchored in God’s character and purpose. When we’re centered on God, we respond differently.

Paul trusted God—and because of that, he wasn’t worried about getting out of prison. He could already praise God because he knew He was working good right in the middle of it all.

3. You: Strength Through Surrender

Sometimes your breakthrough doesn’t come after the storm passes. It comes when your heart yields to God in the middle of it.

The Holy Spirit can help you:

• Respond with surrender, not resistance
• Recognize God’s presence in the pain
• Develop spiritual resilience and peace
• Let go of “just surviving” and learn to grow

As Cristina shares:

God is not the just the God of the destination. He’s the God of the journey.

Reflection Question:

Where is God inviting you to shift your posture—from surviving to surrendering—in the middle of a current challenge?

Prayer:

Lord, help me walk through trials with a heart that honors Yours. Give me peace, strength, and joy even when life feels overwhelming. Align my posture with Your presence. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Coming up next: The Power of Prayer in Trials

You’ll discover why God sometimes delays in the midst of our most desperate prayers … and what action often leads to breakthrough.

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Additional Resources:

• Numbers 20 – Dive into the full account of God, Moses, and the rock during the Israelites’ long journey through the wilderness.

• “A Matter of Life or Death,” by John Farrell – This article shares some of Cristina Baker’s amazing and powerful testimony of how God brought her from darkness back into the light.

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