Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—James 1:2-8
by: Victoria Shephard.
Do we consider trials as “joy”? I know I have a hard time rejoicing when I am suffering. Yet here God says that we should rejoice, that trials are good for our spiritual health because they produce endurance (v. 3), helping us to withstand every trial that comes after. Have there been times in your life when you’ve questioned your faith? What was the final result? For me, the result has always been a stronger faith. In fact, I’ve grown more in these “down” times than the easy times when life is going well.