Confidence During Trials

By Pastor Guy Odom, June 14, 2026

James 1:2-3

https://youtu.be/q4UNAf4e9F0

When it comes to one’s faith, Testing can be painful, but Testing has a way of revealing one’s faith if it is:

• Living or

• Genuine or

• Saving or

Let’s go over again what Test or Trials accomplish in our walk with the Lord:

• They test the of our .

• They us.

• They wean off of our dependance on worldly .

• They call us and heavenly hope.

• They reveal what we really .

• They are given to us to God’s blessing.

• They develop in us enduring strength for .

• They enable us to better help in their trials.

The are two words used here for Trials or Tests:

• Peirazo

• Dokimazo

Confidence accomplishes several aspects in our walk

  1. - 1 Thessalonians 3:5,10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4; 3:5
  2. -
  3. - Psalm 40:1-2