Count It All Joy

🙏✝️ Welcome to our YouTube channel! 📺 In this inspirational sermon, delivered on June 4, 2023, Eddie Frances, an esteemed Elder and Evangelist of the Orlando Church of Christ, graced the South Lake Church of Christ with his profound wisdom. 🌟

💡 His sermon, titled "Count It All Joy," delves deep into understanding the various faces of suffering and how we can rise above them, based on the teachings in the Holy Bible. 📖

✍️ He beautifully dissected and explained the following passages:

James 1:2-11, Romans 5:3, Job 1:22, Mark 4:17, 1 Peter 1:3-7, and Isaiah 43:2.

🎯 The pivotal points that Elder Frances highlighted are as follows:

1️⃣ "Trial, testing, temptation directed towards an end" – the purpose behind our struggles.

2️⃣ "How do you handle suffering?" – A call to action on dealing with hardships.

3️⃣ "How do you know which of these is your suffering?" – Identifying the cause and nature of our suffering.

Frances helps us to understand that some suffering can be:

- Common (Job 5:7) 🌍

- Constructive (Romans 5:3-5) 🏗️

- Corrective (Psalm 119:67) 🚧

- Cosmic (John 9:1-3) 🌌

The full sermon is a guide to not just enduring suffering, but transforming it into a vessel of joy and spiritual growth. 🌱🌻

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