As we believers in Christ await His second coming, we are encouraged in 2 Peter 3 to prepare our hearts, to be ready, to be full of peace, to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord. We should be maturing in our relationship with Him, even when we feel as though we’re going through a desert season, spiritually …
Friends, I’ve wrestled with James 1:2 several times over the years. How can we be expected to rejoice and “count it all joy” while our circumstances look and feel dire? James—a devoted servant of the Lord Jesus and His half-brother—answers with this: “Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials. Be assured that …
