Count It All Joy

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February 26, 2023

James 1:2–8 (NKJV)

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

James 1:2-8

• This passage identifies:
  • An Attitude (Joy)
  • A Problem (Various Trials),
  • A Solution (Faith),
  • A Practice (Patience),
  • A Tool (Wisdom),
  • A Source (God),
  • A Promise (Gives to All Liberally),
  • and A Fatal Flaw (Doubt).

An Attitude (Joy)

“My brethren, count it all joy…”

A Problem (Various Trials)

“…when you fall into various trials…”

A Solution (Faith)

“…knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.”

A Practice (Patience)

“But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”

A Tool (Wisdom)

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask…”

A Source (God)

“…let him ask of God…”

A Promise (Gives to All Liberally)

“…who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.”

A Fatal Flaw (Doubt)

“But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”

• Takeaway Thoughts
  • Attitude (Joy)
  • Problem (Trials)
  • Solution (Faith)
  • Practice (Patience)
  • Tool (Wisdom)
  • Source (God)
  • Promise (Gives)
  • Fatal Flaw (Doubt)

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