Persevering Through Trials-Part 2-Book of James - Chad-10April11

8/6/2019 Persevering Through Trials-Part 2-Book of James - Chad-10April11

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Persevering throu

trials to become

mature & complet


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The Making of our Cho

and Persevering inChoosing what is righ

involves a PROCESS.


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The PROCESS involve

in persevering

toward being

Mature & Complete


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1. Draw Close to Go

James 4: 8 - 10


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your hearts, you doub

minded. Grieve, mournand wail. Change your

laughter to mourning your joy to gloom.


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Humble yourselves be

the Lord, and he will liyou up.


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James 4: 7

Submit yourselves, theGod. Resist the devil, a

he will flee from you.


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3. Look Intently int

the Word of God &

do what it says

James 1: 22 - 25


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James 1: 22 - 25

Do not merely listen tthe word, and so decei

yourselves. Do what itsays.


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Those who listen to th

word but do not do whsays are like people w

look at their faces in amirror and, after looki


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at themselves, go away

and immediately forgewhat they look like. Bu

those who look intentlinto the perfect law


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that gives freedom, an

continue in it

notforgetting what they ha

heard, but doing it

thwill be blessed in what

do


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4. Practice the relig

God accepts

James 1: 26 - 27


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James 1: 26 - 27

Those who considerthemselves religious a

yet do not keep a tightrein on their tongues


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deceive themselves, an

their religion is worthReligion that God our

Father accepts as purefaultless is this:


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to look after orphans a

widows in their distreand to keep oneself fr

being polluted by theworld.


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5. Be Patient throu

sufferings

James 1: 7 - 11


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James 1: 7 - 11

Those who doubt shounot think they will rec

anything from the Lorthey are double-minde


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and unstable in all the

do. Believers in humblcircumstances ought t

take pride in their highposition.


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But the rich should tak

pride in theirhumiliationsince the

will pass away like a wflower.


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For the sun rises with

scorching heat andwithers the plant; its

blossom falls and itsbeauty is destroyed.


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In the same way, the r

will fade away even whthey go about their

business.


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6. Ask God earnestly

anything you lack

without any wron

motives or doubt


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James 1: 5 - 7

If any of you lackswisdom, you should as

God, who gives generoto all without finding


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fault, and it will be giv

to you. But when you ayou must believe and

doubt, because the onwho doubts is like


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a wave of the sea, blow

and tossed by the windThose who doubt shou

not think they will recanything from the Lor

James 4 3


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James 4: 3

When you ask, you do noreceive, because you as

with wrong motives, tha

you may spend what yo

on your pleasures.


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James 5: 16 - 18

Therefore confess yousins to each other and

pray for each other soyou may be healed.


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The prayer of a righteo

person is powerful andeffective. Elijah was a

human being, even as are.


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He prayed earnestly th

would not rain, and it not rain on the land fo

three and a half years.


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Again he prayed, and t

heavens gave rain, andearth produced its cro


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Conclusion: James 1:

Blessed are those whopersevere under trial,

because when they hastood the test,


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they will receive the

crown of life that God promised to those who

love him.

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