Joy in Hardship Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds. James 1:2
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You Can ’ t Produce Constant Circumstantial Upswings Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds. James 1:2
You Can ’ t Produce Constant Circumstantial Upswings Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope Romans 5:3-4
How Can We Have Joy at All Times ? By Focusing on Salvation not Circumstances The seventy- two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. Luke 10:17-19
How Can We Have Joy at All Times ? By Focusing on Salvation not Circumstances Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” Luke 10:20
What is it about our salvation that overwhelms all of our current circumstances and produces joy? #1 – Eternal Life
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. 2 Corinthians 11:24-28
What is it about our salvation that overwhelms all of our current circumstances and produces joy? #1 – Eternal Life #2 - Growth
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4
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What is it about our salvation that overwhelms all of our current circumstances and produces joy? #1 – Eternal Life #2 – Growth #3 – Our Love Relationship
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Philippians 4:4
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Revelation 19:7
What is it about our salvation that overwhelms all of our current circumstances and produces joy? #1 – Eternal Life #2 – Growth #3 – Our Love Relationship
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