James 1:2 “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials…”

James 1:2

“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials…”

James 1:2

“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials…”

1. Praise God for His awesome power. 

1. Praise God for His awesome power.Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God…” 

1. Praise God for His awesome power.Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God…”Psalm 34:1-3 “I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.  My soul will make its boast in the LORD; The humble will hear it and rejoice.  O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together.  

1. Praise God for His awesome power.Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God…”Psalm 34:1-4 “I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.  My soul will make its boast in the LORD; The humble will hear it and rejoice.  O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together.  I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.” 

1. Praise God for His awesome power.John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

1. Praise God for His awesome power.John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”Psalm 118:14-16 “The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.  Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: The LORD's right hand has done mighty things!  The LORD's right hand is lifted high; the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!”

2. Turn your fears over to the Lord.

2. Turn your fears over to the Lord.Psalm 34:4 “I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all of my fears.”

2. Turn your fears over to the Lord.Psalm 34:4 “I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all of my fears.”Psalm 55:22 “Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall.”

2. Turn your fears over to the Lord.Psalm 34:4 “I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all of my fears.”Psalm 55:22 “Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall.”1 Peter 5:7 “Cast all your cares upon Him, because He cares about you.”

2. Turn your fears over to the Lord.

2. Turn your fears over to the Lord.2 Timothy 1:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.”

2. Turn your fears over to the Lord.2 Timothy 1:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.”John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”

3. Fully trust God to take care of your fears.

3. Fully trust God to take care of your fears.

Psalm 27:1 “The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”

3. Fully trust God to take care of your fears.

Psalm 27:1 “The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”1 John 4:18 “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punish-ment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”

3. Fully trust God to take care of your fears.

Psalm 46:1-3 “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,  though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.

3. Fully trust God to take care of your fears.

Psalm 46:1-3 “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,  though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Psalm 56:3-4 “When I am afraid, I will trust in You.  In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?”

3. Fully trust God to take care of your fears.

Psalm 118:6 “The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

3. Fully trust God to take care of your fears.

Psalm 118:6 “The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”Isaiah 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

3. Fully trust God to take care of your fears.

Psalm 118:6 “The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”Isaiah 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”Isaiah 41:13 “For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.”

4. Celebrate God working in your life.

4. Celebrate God working in your life.

Sometimes the Lord calms the storm.

4. Celebrate God working in your life.

Sometimes the Lord calms the storm.Sometimes He lets the storm rage,

4. Celebrate God working in your life.

Sometimes the Lord calms the storm.Sometimes He lets the storm rage,

and He calms His child.

4. Celebrate God working in your life.2 Corinthians 12:9-10 “Jesus said, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in your weakness.’ Most gladly therefore, I will boast of my weakness for when I am weak, then I am strong, the less I have the more I depend on You.”

5. Plan for a better you on the other side.

5. Plan for a better you on the other side.

Psalm 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”

5. Plan for a better you on the other side.

Psalm 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”Romans 8:28 “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”

5. Plan for a better you on the other side.

5. Plan for a better you on the other side.

I thank God for the mountains. I thank Him for the valleys.

I thank Him for all He’s brought me through.

For if I never had a problem. If I had never had to worry.

I’d never know what faith in God could do!

5. Plan for a better you on the other side.

James 1:2-4 “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”

1. Praise God for His awesome power.

2. Turn your fears over to the Lord.

3. Fully trust God to take care of your fears.

4. Celebrate God working in your life.

5. Plan for a better you on the other side.