During this special service featuring the Pensacola Christian College Proclaim Ministry Team, the music and testimonies directed our attention toward the gospel, the finished work of Christ, the faithfulness of God’s Word, and the believer’s eternal hope in Heaven.

The sermon from James 1 focused on how God can turn trials into triumphs when believers approach them biblically.

The message began with the illustration of a finely crafted guitar. Before wood can become a beautiful instrument, it must be cut, stripped, shaped, heated, bent, sanded, and drilled. If the trees could understand only the painful process, they might believe they were being destroyed. The craftsman, however, sees the finished product.

In the same way, believers often see only the difficulty of a trial, while God sees what He is shaping them to become. He i ...