+My brothers and sisters, when you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy,โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
+because you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience.โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
+Let your patience show itself perfectly in what you do. Then you will be perfect and complete and will have everything you need.โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
-James 1:2โญ-โฌ4 NCVโฃ โกโฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
+When inevitable trials come, our first strategy, according to James, is to consider it all joy.โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
+To consider it all joy in the midst of our trials is to respond with a deliberate, intelligent appraisal of our situation.โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
+We must learn to look at the experience from Godโs perspective and recognize the trial not as a happy experience in itself but as a means of producing something very valuable in life.โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
+As you live in the present consider the future, think forward to the future. Gloom now, but glory in the days to come.โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
๐ God, there are things in my life that are holding me down. I am not strong enough to escape this on my own.โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
+Please take control of my situation, and allow me to walk in Your freedom. I trust You today. In Jesus' name, Amen. ๐โ๏ธโฃ๏ธ