Hey guys, welcome to the Mosaic Podcast. We're coming to you from the heart of Los Angeles, California,

and it is our joy and our privilege to know there's a tribe across the world that has joined us on this mission of Jesus. I'm amazed how many people

have told me that it's this podcast that has really given them life, has renewed

their faith, and for many of them have rediscovered Christ. If you're one of the men and women who have

been encouraged and helped and strengthened and maybe even rediscovered your faith

because of what's happening here at Mosaic, I want to ask you to take a step and become an investor in what God is

doing through Mosaic. I love the fact that our community here in Los Angeles

has been committed to you. Now I'm going to ask you to be committed to them

because together we can do more

than we could ever do alone.

So I want you to go to the Mosaic.org Give section of the website and I want you to make a

commitment to be a part of taking this message across the website. I want you to make a commitment to be a part of taking this message

across the world. When we receive, we should be grateful. But when we give, we are now

expressing that gratitude in tangible practical ways. Let's

together get the message of Jesus to every corner of this planet.

Enjoy the podcast and thank you so much for joining the tribe.

So last week we took a moment and spent some time focusing on the elusive nature of joy.

And how strange it is that we're invited in the scriptures

to discover the extraordinary nature of joy in the midst of trials and hardships.

And that narrative that provokes us to see life differently leads right into a conversation about wisdom.

In James, chapter 1 beginning in verse 2, he says, consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters,

when you face trials of many kinds because the

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