Facing Trials Patiently

Facing Trials Patiently
James 5:7-12
Sunday, 1/2/22

How to face trials patiently…
1.  Set my heart on the fact that Jesus is coming back v.7-8
2 Peter 3:3-4, “Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.  They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”
2 Peter 3:8-9, “But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.  The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness.”
2 Peter 3:9, “The Lord is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”
2.  Control my emotions so my words won’t be hurtful v.9,12
3.  Shift my attention from myself to the lives of God’s servants v.10-11
Romans 15:4, “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
4.  Remind myself about the sovereignty and character of God v.11