Glory in Suffering – Romans 5:3-4
How do you respond to the challenges of life? Paul, and other NT writers, tell us to rejoice in them because of what those trials can produce in your life.
Trials
Joyful in the Trials of Life – James 1:2-4
How do you respond when life hands you lemons? James calls on us to be joyful in our trials. They help us to grow in maturity.
A Living Hope – 1 Peter 1:3-9
The end result of faith is the salvation of my soul, the “me” that inhabits the shell I walk around in now. I find it interesting that we are even now receiving the salvation of our souls. It is not just something to look forward to at death, or at Jesus return. But even now that goal is being accomplished. The more I come to know God, experiencing his presence in my life; the more I experience the refining of my faith through the trials of this life; the more my soul is delivered from the bondage of this flesh and into the glory of his presence. And that should fill me with a glorious and inexpressible joy.