1From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: Greetings to all God's people scattered over the whole world.G2385G1401G2316G2532G2962G2424G5547G1427G5443G1722G1290G5463
Faith and Wisdom
2My friends, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way,G3450G80G2233G3956G5479G3752G4045G4164G39863for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure.G1097G3754G1383G5216G4102G2716G52814Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.G1161G2192G5281G2192G5046G2041G2443G5600G5046G2532G3648G3007G1722G33675But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all.G1161G1536G5216G3007G4678G154G3844G2316G1325G3956G574G2532G3679G3361G2532G1325G8466But when you pray, you must believe and not doubt at all. Whoever doubts is like a wave in the sea that is driven and blown about by the wind.G1161G154G1722G4102G3367G1252G1063G1252G1503G2830G2281G416G2532G44947If you are like that, unable to make up your mind and undecided in all you do,G1063G3633G3361G1565G444G3633G3754G2983G5100G3844G29628you must not think that you will receive anything from the Lord.G1374G435G182G1722G3956G846G3598
Poverty and Riches
9Those Christians who are poor must be glad when God lifts them up,G1161G2744G80G5011G2744G1722G846G531110and the rich Christians must be glad when God brings them down. For the rich will pass away like the flower of a wild plant.G1161G4145G1722G846G5014G3754G5613G438G5528G392811The sun rises with its blazing heat and burns the plant; its flower falls off, and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way the rich will be destroyed while they go about their business.G1063G2246G393G4862G2742G2532G3583G5528G2532G438G846G1601G2532G2143G4383G846G622G3779G2532G3133G4145G3133G1722G846G4197
Testing and Tempting
12Happy are those who remain faithful under trials, because when they succeed in passing such a test, they will receive as their reward the life which God has promised to those who love him.G3107G435G3739G5278G3986G3754G1384G1096G2983G4735G2222G3739G2962G1861G25G84613If we are tempted by such trials, we must not say, "This temptation comes from God." For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.G3004G3367G3004G3985G3754G3985G575G2316G1063G2316G551G2076G2556G1161G3985G846G3985G376214But we are tempted when we are drawn away and trapped by our own evil desires.G1161G1538G3985G1828G5259G2398G1939G2532G118515Then our evil desires conceive and give birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.G1534G1939G4815G5088G266G1161G266G658G616G228816Do not be deceived, my dear friends!G4105G3361G4105G3450G27G8017Every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven; it comes down from God, the Creator of the heavenly lights, who does not change or cause darkness by turning.G3956G18G1394G2532G3956G5046G1434G2076G509G2597G575G3962G5457G3844G3739G1762G3756G3883G2228G644G515718By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.G1014G616G2248G3056G225G1519G2248G1511G5100G536G846G2938
Hearing and Doing
19Remember this, my dear friends! Everyone must be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to become angry.G5620G3450G27G80G2077G3956G444G2077G5036G1519G191G1021G1519G2980G1021G1519G370920Human anger does not achieve God's righteous purpose.G1063G3709G435G2716G3756G1343G231621So get rid of every filthy habit and all wicked conduct. Submit to God and accept the word that he plants in your hearts, which is able to save you.G1352G659G3956G4507G2532G4050G2549G1209G1722G4240G1721G3056G3588G1410G4982G5216G559022Do not deceive yourselves by just listening to his word; instead, put it into practice.G1161G1096G4163G3056G2532G3361G202G3440G3884G143823If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they are.G3754G1536G2076G202G3056G2532G3756G4163G3778G1503G435G2657G846G1078G4383G1722G207224They take a good look at themselves and then go away and at once forget what they look like.G1063G2657G1438G2532G565G2532G2112G1950G3697G225825But if you look closely into the perfect law that sets people free, and keep on paying attention to it and do not simply listen and then forget it, but put it into practice - you will be blessed by God in what you do.G1161G3879G1519G5046G3551G1657G2532G3887G3778G1096G3756G1953G202G235G4163G2041G3778G2071G3107G1722G846G416226Do any of you think you are religious? If you do not control your tongue, your religion is worthless and you deceive yourself.G1536G1722G5213G1380G1511G2357G5468G3361G846G1100G235G538G846G2588G5127G2356G315227What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.G2513G2356G2532G283G3844G2316G2532G3962G2076G3778G1980G3737G2532G5503G1722G846G2347G5083G1438G784G575G2889
Prayer Tents is a Christian mission organization that serves Christians around the world and their local bodies to make disciples ("evangelize") more effectively in their communities. Prayer Tents provides resources to enable Christians to form discipleship-focused small groups and make their gatherings known so that other "interested" people may participate and experience Christ in their midst. Our Vision is to make disciples in all nations through the local churches so that anyone seeking God can come to know Him through relationships with other Christians near them.
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