07.05.20Adversity: Friend or Foe VIIWatchSeries: Adversity: Friend or Foe?Passage: James 1:2-4Speaker: Dr. Jimmy D. PritchardTags: church, god, bible, growth, baptist, adversity, first, friend, for, jimmy, forney, pritchardAdversity: Friend or Foe God uses adversity to make us more like Jesus Christ, to sharpen our lives for His purpose … 16 ways Though painful, hurtful… adversity is a friend Comfort others Anything in your life for the world to persecute? Accountability … commitments made to Jesus Christ … revisit Call you to commitment today Jesus Christ Church His purpose for your life