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James 1:4 · BSB
1:4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
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…in front of you. But I'll have our scripture reader come forward. Let's stand for the reading of God's word and then we'll get into it. This isJames chapter 1 verses 1 through 8. James, a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 12 tribes scattered among the nations, greetings. Consider it pure joy, my brothers and…
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…we're on. And guess what? God loves us on that journey. He pulls us into the family, he directs and moves us in a way that we are being matured.James chapter 1, verse 4. Remember the verse? That we may come into this perfect union with God. It doesn't mean we're perfect, it means that we're continuing to move…
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…promotion in your career, promotion in your finances, promotion in your ministry, promotion in life. James says this is the next verse.James chapter 1, verse 4. Let! Well, I could preach that one word for about 20 minutes. Let I said you gotta let. I said, well, let's I'm a preacher, y'all. I like that…
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…Um because I count over two dozen times in the Bible, in the New Testament, where we are commanded to be perfect, blameless, complete. Um here'sJames chapter 1, verse 4. Let patience have its perfect work that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 2 Peter 3, 14, Jesus, this is speaking of Jesus' second…
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…Abraham? Why is it, friend, that God tests you and me? It's to refine us. If you know your Bibles, you know this. What the Apostle James says inJames chapter 1, verse 2 through 4, what does he say? He says, Count it all what? Say it out loud with me. Joy, my brothers. When you meet trials of various kinds. For you know that…
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…know anything about what the word said regarding my suffering or how to process it. And someone came along and shared this verse with me. This isJames 1:2-4. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let…
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…can mean nothing. The other part of that that I needed you guys to hear, and I'm talking really quickly, is the Bible talks about in verse 6 in umJames chapter 1, verses 2 through 6. But when you ask God, believe not doubting, because uh the one who doubts is like the wave of the sea blown, tossed, and tossed by the wind. That…
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…them, he works through them to give us deeper roots and to help us bloom in the way that he intended us to bloom. That's what I'm reading here inJames 1:2-4. God uses our trials to make us more like Jesus. It says, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,…
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…to other on social media? No matter what circumstance we're going through right now and how bad, we have an opportunity to grow in this. As inJames 1:2-4, consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that testing of your faith produces…
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…of faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of God. Or as James taught inJames 1, verse 2-4, Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith brings about perseverance. Let…
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…name them. So if you want to write these down, write these down because I've been known to go a little fast when I get going. If you can, go toJames chapter 1, verse 2 through 4. I'm gonna give you a few others to prepare for. Numbers 21, verse 4 through 9. 1 Thessalonians, if you can write down Thessalonians 5, 18, and…
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…for us. He wants us to be whole. Turn back a couple of pages, please, to James chapter 1. Remember those verses we started with. I'm going to readJames 1, verses 2 to 4. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let…
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…exercised under stress. That's the metaphor the New Testament uses about our faith, being tested, stretched, grows stronger, deeper. For instance,James chapter 1, verses 2 to 4, James has the audacity to say, Count at all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials. Obviously, I think James was probably very mature…
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…gonna completely surrender. Whatever it is you're asking, I'll do it. Scripture shows us the progression of faith clearly. I want you to listen toJames chapter 1, verses 2 through 4. Says, dear brothers and sisters, when trouble, troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. Who loves when…
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…resist him, when we are firm in our faith. and as he says in verse 12 when we stand firm in it as we endure we persevere what james would write injames chapter 1 verse 2 through 4he said consider it all joy my brothers and sisters when you encounter various trials knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance and…
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…[SPEAKER_01]: Then, my previous walls were pat me for my next walls through the power only patients can provide. [SPEAKER_01]: The Bible says, inJames chapter 1 verse 4, let endurance or patience have his perfect result, so that you may be what church. [SPEAKER_01]: That turn perfect, complete, lacking nothing.…
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…with inexpressible and glorious joy, because you are receiving the goal of your salvation. I mean, the goal of your faith, salvation of your souls.James 1, verses 2 through 4says something very similar to this verse. James writes, My brethren, count at all joy when you fall into various trials. Knowing that the testing…
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…Patience keeps you from reacting fleshly. Has anyone ever reacted fleshly before? Hold up your hand. If your hand's not up, you're lying right now.James 1, verses 2 -4My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials. So the Holy Spirit is telling us through James, when we're having a bad moment or…
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…people coming through something hard like rejection or silence or distance or a night of searching. And when they come back, people stop to watch.James chapter 1, verse 2 through 4tells us this. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds. For you know that the testing of your faith produces…
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…whether you're using your phone app or whether you have a printed copy of God's Word. We're going to call this message growing pains. All right,James chapter 1, verses 2 to 4. Let me tell you a story, true story in my own life, and it's one of those times that I didn't really like James Chapter 1 verses 2 to 4. OK. I was…
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