Pray the word with David Platt as a resource from Radical.net.

James chapter 1 verses 2 through 4.

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.

Oh, what a command and scripture to count it joy

when you meet trials of various kinds.

And even that phrase, when you think about that phrase,

trials of various kinds, I know that there are people

listening right now who are walking through trials

of various kinds of various degrees.

Even some may feel relatively small,

others may feel really heavy and really significant,

and some may deal with things going on in your life,

others may be with things in your family,

others may be with things in relationships, work,

some may be trials you're walking through in the church,

so many different kinds and degrees of trials,

and yet the Bible says count it all joy.

How is that possible when you walk through trials

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