There is No Growth Without Struggles – Part I

In this message, Pastor Byron explores how faith pleases God and explains that the way to increase faith is through God testing it in the crucible of difficulty and trials. Drawing from James 1, he teaches that Christians should view trials with joy, knowing that the testing of faith produces endurance and leads to Christian maturity. Pastor Byron emphasizes the importance of being a “student” rather than a “victim” when facing suffering—choosing to learn what God is teaching rather than asking “why me?” The message illustrates that God uses the struggles and hardships of life to refine believers like gold being purified in fire, ultimately making them “mature and complete.”