Joseph 5 | Perseverance produces character | Harrison Chokka | August 5 2018

Great character supports great destiny. God develops His character within us through the things we go through. Romans 5:3–5 gives us a “formula” for developing perseverance and shows us that we can progress from “tribulation” to “hope.” It instructs us to “glory” (to rejoice) in our difficulties because of what they produce in our hearts. Tribulation produces perseverance, which produces character, which produces hope. When we suffer, our hope should not be that God will deliver us from our circumstances, but that God will walk with us through them. This week we want to talk about the challenge of perseverance when things hard things happen in our lives. God develops character in our lives when we go through trials. God works character into our lives when we go through trials so that we can fulfill our destiny. There are simple ways we can go through hard times and produce the character God wants for us.