Faith in Trials
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 9 June 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Faith doesn’t happen on its own. It’s a byproduct of time spent experiencing the faithfulness of our God. It’s a gift given to us by the Giver of good gifts, himself.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're looking at a topic I think all of us can relate to, how to have faith in the midst of trials. |
| 0:11.0 | All throughout Scripture, we see examples of God's people struggling with faith in the midst of challenges. |
| 0:18.0 | Doubt is something so natural, so human. |
| 0:21.5 | And the world teaches us that when things get tough, |
| 0:24.4 | we need to take this life into our own hands and sort it out. |
| 0:28.1 | But God has a better way for us, the way of faith. |
| 0:31.7 | May God empower us with Revelation today |
| 0:33.8 | that will bear the fruit of steadfast faith, |
| 0:36.5 | even in the midst of trials. Welcome to the |
| 0:39.8 | First of Teen podcast. Today's verses come from James 1, 2 through 4. |
| 0:59.0 | Scripture says, |
| 1:01.0 | Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds. |
| 1:06.0 | For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness, and let steadfastness have its full |
| 1:13.3 | effect that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. |
| 1:21.2 | Trials and tribulations have the power to either keep us from abundant life or produce in us |
| 1:27.2 | character that sustains abundant life. |
| 1:30.1 | The choice is up to us. |
| 1:32.3 | Will our faith remain steadfast in the face of trouble, or will we abandon the lifestyle of faith for one of the world? |
| 1:41.7 | James 1 2 through 4 says, 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. |
| 2:01.6 | Allow the phrase, count it all joy, to settle in for a second. |
| 2:06.6 | What trials have you faced in the past? |
| 2:09.6 | What trials stand before you today? |
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