PRAY
Families, Sons, and Daughters
Leaders, Soldiers, Civilians
PRAY
For the People of the Nations
Pray that people in all nations, including Israel and Iran, would know God’s mercy, protection, and, ultimately, the gospel.
Pray for protection for families and innocents caught in harm’s way (Psalm 82:4)
Pray for God to turn hearts toward peace, reconciliation, and justice (Isaiah 2:4).
For Godly Leadership
Pray leaders will seek wisdom, humility, and righteousness (1 Timothy 2:1-2).
For God’s Peace to Rule Our Hearts
Pray that believers everywhere would receive God’s peace that transcends fear (John 14:27).
The Real Test of Faith
Is who you become when life is hard.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
JOY Is Not Pretending pain doesn’t exist.
JOY Is
Confidence that God is at work inside the pain.
Forged Under Fire
1. The Reality of Trials.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Forged Under Fire
1. The Reality of Trials.
Let It Finish.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Forged Under Fire
1. The Reality of Trials.
2. Let It Finish.
3. Ask for Wisdom. 4.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
Forged Under Fire
1.
The Reality of Trials.
2. Let It Finish.
3. Ask for Wisdom.
4. The Promise Beyond The Fire.
12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
Time Of Ministry
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
James 1:2–12
12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.