Sunday Morning 8.19.18 from Carrollwood Baptist Church on Vimeo.
PASTOR JOE
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. JAMES 1:2-4, NIV
RESPONDING TO LIFE’S TRIALS
I. NATURAL RESPONSES
(1) _______________
(2) _______________
(3) _______________ OPTIMISM
2. THE NATURE OF TRIALS
(1) _______________ (“WHENEVER” OR “WHEN,” MATT. 7:24-27)
(2) _______________ (“TRIALS,” “PEIRASMOS”)
(3) _______________ (“MANY” OR “VARIOUS KINDS”)
(4) _______________ (“YOU KNOW,” MATT. 16:24)
3. A BELIEVER’S RESPONSE
YOU CHOOSE _______________ BECAUSE “YOU KNOW” THERE IS A GREATER _______________ AT WORK EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE SEEN IN THE
MOMENT OF TRIAL.
WHAT WE “KNOW” ABOUT TRIALS
(1) _______________ FAITH (1 PET. 1:7; JOB 23:10)
(2) PRODUCE _______________ (1:3)
(3) _______________ CHARACTER (1:4)
(4) PROPAGATE _______________ (1:4)