Lord, check
us for grounded authentic Christianity.
Lord when
You know we are well grounded by living by Your Word; as examples of
Jesus on earth; move us into action for accomplishing Your will.
James
1 New
International Version
James, a
servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered
among the nations: Greetings.
Trials and
Temptations
Consider
it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the
testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let
perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not
lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom,
you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it
will be given to you. But when you ask, you must
believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea,
blown and tossed by the wind. That person should
not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such
a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
Believers
in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride
in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant;
its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will
fade away even while they go about their business.
Blessed
is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that
person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who
love him.
When
tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by
evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are
dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and
sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Don’t
be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like
shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth
through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he
created.
Listening
and Doing
My dear
brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen,
slow to speak and slow to become angry,
because human anger does not produce the righteousness
that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all
moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word
planted in you, which can save you.
Do not
merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word
but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror
and, after looking at himself, goes away and
immediately forgets what he looks like. But
whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues
in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in
what they do.
Those
who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their
tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father
accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in
their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
We Claim
these things with the Power in the Names of Jesus; The Christ; The Messiah.
Amen.
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