Joyce Meyer: Don't Panic. It's just a test!

God does tests us but He never tempts us to sin.
You have no idea what your strength is and what you believe in until you're tested.
Israelites in the desert always wanted to go back to Egypt as soon as they faced the trials. Because they did not know that God was faithful.
I'm not going to panic because this is just a test. It will pass. If I don't pass it I will have to retake it. therefore, come quickly to an agreement with God rather than going around.

[James 1:12-14]
¹² Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. ¹³ When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; ¹⁴ but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.

We should be more aware of our behavior and reactions to what's happening than to what's actually happening. Those are just trials that are going to pass sooner or later.

Faithful people get promoted.
When we are tested it shows what's really inside us.

[James 1:2]
² Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,

[Ephesians 3:20]
²⁰ Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,

Tests are good because they show the weak areas in us.
God has got a great plan for me. Don't I dare to give up!
The next time you're tested just say, "This is good for me".
"Whatever the purpose of the test is I'm in Your hands".
"Let me grow stronger in You, be the woman You want me to be".

[Deuteronomy 8:2-3]
² Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. ³ He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

If you don't keep commandments in wilderness you won't keep them up in the mountains.
Whatever it is that you want until you can be really happy without it you probably won't get it.
Anybody can be happy anywhere if you make a decision to be happy.
The last things you want to give up in trials is your joy.
Worry is not trust.
There're lots of things you don't probably understand now but God knows!

[Deuteronomy 8:7-8]
⁷ For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; ⁸ a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey;

You're never going to be free from anything until you stop making excuses.
God doesn't make a way; He's the way!
Trust God when you just don't understand.
Trust doesn't always bring an answer. Stop figuring it out.

[2Cor. 1:8-9]
⁸ We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. ⁹ Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead