We'll never find trials enjoyable, but as James tells us, we can find joy in them when we see them from God's perspective, gain new faith through them, and rely on God's wisdom to perfect us.
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Perseverance (Part 3)
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Like many things, saying we'll persevere is much easier than doing it. But we have the perfect model in Jesus, who as a human being like us, is both the proper object of our faith and the best example of perseverance. If we are willing to redefine life's challenges from his perspective, we'll see that Jesus always is with us and that loss or failure may actually be God's means to something better.