James 1:2-5 NLT
2 Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. 5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
An Unorthodox Approach requires…
1 ETERNAL
EVERYBODY has been through Something that has MARKED Them!
2 IRRATIONAL
Our Commitment to JESUS can’t be Circumstantial
James 1:3
3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.
LIVING for JESUS will not Make Sense to PEOPLE that don’t REALLY KNOW HIM!
3 SUPERNATURAL
James 1:4
4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
Romans 5:3 ESV
3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,.
1 Peter 1:6-7 ESV
6 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. 7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world..
Its the UNORTHODOX that Makes Room for the UNBELIEVABLE