EMPOWERED Joy: Steady joy through trials

James 1:2-4 | Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

  • When trouble or hard times come, what does James tells us we should have?

  • How is joy in the middle of trouble possible?

  • What do hard times grow in our lives, according to this passage?

  • Is growing in Jesus excite important to you? Why or why not?

  • What do you need to do so that hard times or struggles grow your faith instead of weakens it?