JOHN SHIRK – In the Year to Shine, today’s Vital Step to a Radiant Faith is to worship God in our trials. It has been said that “trials are not more »
JOHN SHIRK – In the Year to Shine, today’s Vital Step to a Radiant Faith is to grow stronger through our trials. In the book Trusting God, Jerry Bridges points more »
JOHN SHIRK - We may not enjoy the process of having our faith tested, but James pointed out that we can take joy in seeing the fruit that a trial produces. Here is some encouragement for anyone going through a difficult season right now.
JOHN SHIRK - If trials are so difficult to go through, how is it that in the Bible, the book of James tells us to consider it pure joy whenever we face trials of many kinds? Hardship is normally painful, not pleasant. Maybe the opportunity for spiritual…
JOHN SHIRK - The life of Job is worth a careful study when we are going through a deep valley of grief or loss. James reflected on Job's perseverance to encourage us to press on in the faith in the midst of circumstances that would tempt us to give up.
