We finish our series on James' letter today, looking at his teachings about wealth and health!

Review: During life’s troubles, the believer gets to enjoy the intimacy of his relationship with Christ as he receives His grace to persevere “trials” and “temptations”— same root word, which means—to test, scrutinize, to examine, to try, to entice; but, these two terms, though appearing to be similar,…

Review: No one is exempt from trials. Whether poor or rich, each is to depend on and rest in the Lord. Today’s Focus— James 1:12 A Call for Believers to Persevere— A compound word in the Greek, “to persevere” or to remain steadfast literally means “to stay under” or “to remain” (to not flee under misfortune…

The Benefits Are Great! James 1:9-16 – 9 Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. 10 And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. 11 The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower…

As we work through chapter 1 of James we’ll see how James is calling us to choose growth, not sin, in the face of suffering, persecution or other trouble.

God makes very clear through His word that our faith isn't faith at all UNLESS it is proven through faith. We are not saved by our works, but rather, our works prove our salvation. Faith is necessarily linked to works. This matters because our testimony of Jesus transforming us is only valid if it can be seen by how we live. The more we exercise our faith, the stronger it becomes. And the stronger our faith is, the more we put on display the transformational power of Jesus.

Intro: God has given us the privilege of being His children (John 1:12). As his children, our faith is tested, that it might produce steadfastness for our maturity (James 1:2-4). With respect to temptations, each is “lured and enticed by his own desire,” for God himself “tempts no one” (1:13-14). This…

The Benefits Are Great! James 1:9-16 – 9 Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. 10 And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. 11 The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower…

You can listen to the message here or watch it on our YouTube channel, https://youtu.be/nCc-3Dne3qE. This is the fifth message in our series entitled, Practical Faith. This series is an in-depth study of the Letter of James. In this message, James give us a fourth response that believers are to have toward the many trials that they are bound to face in this life. This sermon is based on James 1:12-15.

2-4 Trials suck but God says have joy 5-8 God is good and wise 9-11 12

James Andy introduced us to James last week. The brother of Jesus, who ended up being the leader of the early church and ultimately died serving the church. But he didn’t always believe his brother was the Messiah. 3 So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may…