This is Hard: What to Expect from Your Trial

This is Hard: Facing Extreme Trials This. Is. Hard. Is that how you feel right now? Most of us are in a trial, headed towards one, or coming out of one. And some trials are extremely hard. How do we face those as Christians? Join us as we study James 1 and learn how to face our biggest challenges. This is Hard: What to Expect from Your Trial James 1: 12-18 #1. Reward from God James 1: 12 4 positive results that can come for your negative situation: - blessing - endurance (the ability to make it) - confirmation Matthew 13: 20-21 - receiving the crown of life 5 crown passages in the New Testament: I Corinthians 9: 24 I Thessalonians 2: 19-20 James 1: 12 II Timothy 4: 8 I Peter 5: 1-4 #2. Reassurance from God James 1: 13-18 Know for certain that: - God would not hurt you James 1: 13 Jeremiah 29: 11 God allows trials to strengthen us. The enemy brings temptations to hurt us. - Temptation can be minimized James 1: 14-15 Our 3 biggest enemies: The world - the world system, not the people of the world The flesh – our sinful nature & desires The devil – our enemy who hates God & hates everything God loves, including us Ask God to change my want tos and that will minimize my problems The less you give the enemy to work with, the less you will give in to temptation and sin! - God is all good, all the time James 1: 16-18 God is good - all the time. All the time - God is good. Your life might be hard, but God is still good.