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The Book of James: Overcoming Trials
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
James 1:23 NIV
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
a) Trials are inevitable
b) Trials are a gift
- Greek word means to test or prove through adversity
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
2. God’s purpose through trials
James 1:4 NIV
CS Lewis
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
2. God’s purpose through trials
3. How to endure through trials
a) Ask for help
James 1:5 NIV
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
2. God’s purpose through trials
3. How to endure through trials
a) Ask for help
b) Stand firm in faith
James 1:6-8 NIV
We have to remember that just as God has a purpose in trials, so does Satan.
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
2. God’s purpose through trials
3. How to endure through trials
4. Satan’s purpose in trials and temptation
James 1:13-16 NIV
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
2. God’s purpose through trials
3. How to endure through trials
4. Satan’s purpose in trials and temptation
a) Satan’s purpose is to destroy us
1 Peter 5:8 NIV
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
2. God’s purpose through trials
3. How to endure through trials
4. Satan’s purpose in trials and temptation
a) Satan’s purpose is to destroy us
b) The process of temptation
James 1:13-15 NIV
Ravi Zacharias
“Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.”
John 14:6 NIV
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
2. God’s purpose through trials
3. How to endure through trials
4. Satan’s purpose in trials and temptation
5. Use trials for your good
While the enemy is the author of trials and temptation because we live in a fallen world, we have to remember that God wants to turn those trails around for good.
Romans 8:28 NIV
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
2. God’s purpose through trials
3. How to endure through trials
4. Satan’s purpose in trials and temptation
5. Use trials for your good
a) God uses trials for spiritual growth
b) God uses trials to teach us how to overcome trials
James 1:17 NIV
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
2. God’s purpose through trials
3. How to endure through trials
4. Satan’s purpose in trials and temptation
5. Use trials for your good
a) God uses trials for spiritual growth
b) God uses trials to teach us how to overcome trials
c) Receive God’s blessings
James 1:12 NIV
Overcoming Trials
1. Truths about trials
2. God’s purpose through trials
3. How to endure through trials
4. Satan’s purpose in trials and temptation
5. Use trials for your good
a) God uses trials for spiritual growth
b) God uses trials to teach us how to overcome trials
c) Receive God’s blessings
d) Walk/live in the victory that God gives us
James 1:18 NIV