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"Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations. Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience. But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing." (James 1:2-4 AMP) "Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance. And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation." (Romans 5:3-5 AMP) The Bible says that we are to rejoice in our tribulations. Not just because they are hard, but because we know that God will come through for us. I wrote a little bit about this in the Fruit of the Spirit Study on <a href="http://www.hem-of-his-garment-bible-study.org/bible-scripture-study.html#christian_patience">Patient Endurance.</a> God Bless, Ameerah

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