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PREACHING NOTES JAMES 1:2-4 Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles 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.   EVERY STRUGGLE IS SIGNIFICANT!   1 PETER 1:6-7 At present you maybe temporarily harassed by all kinds of trials. This is no accident. It happens to prove your faith.   JAMES 1:2 Be very happy when you are tested in different ways.   HOW DO YOU GET THROUGH THE TRIAL?   LIVE by the PROMISES + FULFILL the COMMANDS.   2 CORINTHIANS 1:20a For no matter how many promises God has made, they are all “Yes” in Christ!   START TO SEE GOD’S DELAYS AS DEVELOPMENT.   GALATIANS 6:7 …you are going to harvest what you sow. COLOSSIANS 1:27 Christ in you the hope of glory… 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 …anyone in Christ is a new creation, the old life is gone and a new life has begun. MARK 4:26-27 Jesus said, “The kingdom o