PERSEVERANCE IN
THE MIDST OF
TRIALS
JAMES 1:1 - 5
WE AVOID THINGS WE DON’T LIKE
BUT SOMETIMES, THINGS COME OUR
WAY THAT WE CANNOT AVOID.
WHEN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
DETERIORATE, WHAT DO WE DO
WHEN THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN
DO?
JAMES 1:1-5
JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, TO THE
TWELVE TRIBES SCATTERED AMONG THE NATIONS: GREETINGS. 2
CONSIDER IT PURE JOY, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHENEVER YOU
FACE TRIALS OF MANY KINDS, 3 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE TESTING
OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE. 4 LET PERSEVERANCE
FINISH ITS WORK SO THAT YOU MAY BE MATURE AND COMPLETE, NOT
LACKING ANYTHING. 5 IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, YOU SHOULD
ASK GOD, WHO GIVES GENEROUSLY TO ALL WITHOUT FINDING FAULT,
AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.
TAKING BY SURPRISE
WHENEVER YOU FACE TRIALS OF
MANY KINDS
JAMES 1:1-5
JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, TO THE
TWELVE TRIBES SCATTERED AMONG THE NATIONS: GREETINGS. 2
CONSIDER IT PURE JOY, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHENEVER YOU
FACE TRIALS OF MANY KINDS, 3 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE TESTING
OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE. 4 LET PERSEVERANCE
FINISH ITS WORK SO THAT YOU MAY BE MATURE AND COMPLETE, NOT
LACKING ANYTHING. 5 IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, YOU SHOULD
ASK GOD, WHO GIVES GENEROUSLY TO ALL WITHOUT FINDING FAULT,
AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.
CONSIDER IT PURE JOY, MY
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
REFRAME OR RETHINK YOUR
TRIALS IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU
CAN BEGIN TO SEE YOUR TRIALS AS
A SOURCE OF JOY.
JAMES 1:1-5
JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, TO THE
TWELVE TRIBES SCATTERED AMONG THE NATIONS: GREETINGS. 2
CONSIDER IT PURE JOY, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHENEVER YOU
FACE TRIALS OF MANY KINDS, 3 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE TESTING
OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE. 4 LET PERSEVERANCE FINISH
ITS WORK SO THAT YOU MAY BE MATURE AND COMPLETE, NOT
LACKING ANYTHING. 5 IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, YOU SHOULD
ASK GOD, WHO GIVES GENEROUSLY TO ALL WITHOUT FINDING FAULT,
AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE
TESTING OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES
PERSEVERANCE
TESTING IS THE PROCESS USED TO
DETERMINE THE AUTHENTICITY OF
YOUR FAITH.
JAMES 1:1-5
JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, TO THE
TWELVE TRIBES SCATTERED AMONG THE NATIONS: GREETINGS. 2
CONSIDER IT PURE JOY, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHENEVER YOU
FACE TRIALS OF MANY KINDS, 3 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE TESTING
OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE. 4 LET PERSEVERANCE FINISH
ITS WORK SO THAT YOU MAY BE MATURE AND COMPLETE, NOT
LACKING ANYTHING. 5 IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, YOU SHOULD
ASK GOD, WHO GIVES GENEROUSLY TO ALL WITHOUT FINDING FAULT,
AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.
PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE
LET PERSEVERANCE FINISH ITS
WORK
THE THINGS WE WANT TO REMOVE
ARE THE THINGS GOD HAS CHOSEN
TO USE.
THE TENSION IN OUR LIVES IS THE
EPICENTER OF GOD’S ACTIVITY IN
OUR LIVES.
JAMES 1:1-5
JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, TO THE
TWELVE TRIBES SCATTERED AMONG THE NATIONS: GREETINGS. 2
CONSIDER IT PURE JOY, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHENEVER YOU
FACE TRIALS OF MANY KINDS, 3 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE TESTING
OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE. 4 LET PERSEVERANCE
FINISH ITS WORK SO THAT YOU MAY BE MATURE AND COMPLETE, NOT
LACKING ANYTHING. 5 IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, YOU SHOULD
ASK GOD, WHO GIVES GENEROUSLY TO ALL WITHOUT FINDING FAULT,
AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.
IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, YOU
SHOULD ASK GOD
JOHN 15:5
5 “I AM THE VINE; YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. IF
YOU REMAIN IN ME AND I IN YOU, YOU WILL
BEAR MUCH FRUIT; APART FROM ME YOU CAN
DO NOTHING.