
When God Tests Your Grit: Endure Trials with Purpose
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A hard season can feel like failure, but what if it’s actually formation? I open with James 1:2-4 and take the Scripture seriously: the testing of faith produces perseverance, and perseverance is meant to finish its work until we’re mature, complete, and not lacking anything. That’s not motivational talk. It’s a gritty, lived-out roadmap for Christian endurance when life feels barren and God feels quiet.
I walk through what I call “the desolate place” those stretches where progress stalls, prayers seem to echo, and you start questioning your own calling. For me, that place…
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