SCRIPTURE: James 1:12-18 

SHOW NOTES: We want the characteristics of faith and endurance in our life, but we don’t really like the process. Right? Because we really don’t like to be uncomfortable, or inconvenienced, or experience hardship, sickness, or death. “Let endurance have its perfect result – so you may be mature, complete, lacking in nothing.”

Yet, we truly desire to be approved by God and our hope is that we would receive the reward of the crown of life. As we continue working our way through this book, James now returns to the theme of testing. He reminds us that every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from our loving heavenly Father. In the middle of the trouble, consider it all joy! 

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