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Session 9:
Living Joyfully as

a Jesus-Follower

"Count it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter
various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith
produces endurance. And let endurance have its
perfect result, so that you may be perfect and
complete, lacking in nothing." - James 1:2-4

Listen to the story of these two
young girls ... in the midst of a
storm.
Count on it: A day will come
that flattens you, that pulls you
into a world of pain and It happened as Lindsey was
problems. A day that leaves driving to church. Turning
you breathless, struggling to onto a busy street she
pulled directly in front of a
cope. When that day comes, truck that all but crushed
James writes that you're to her car. Lindsey, a young,
"consider it all joy." Which may energetic Jesus-follower,
not be your first response. died at the scene. Later, in
a quiet corner of a busy
Sometimes, extreme difficulty emergency room, Lindsey’s
all but snuffs out faith. Some parents (who didn’t share
Jesus-followers encounter her faith in Jesus and often
rough water and sink beneath ridiculed her beliefs) stood
waves of anger and despair. beside their little girl’s
But others... others walk on lifeless body cursing God
those waves, finding peace in for taking Lindsey’s life—
the storm. Consider these two especially as she was
stories... headed to church.
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