From James net Chapter 1:
To WHOM? 1:1 From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the
twelve tribes dispersed abroad. {see v19 too “brothers & sisters”}
When SUFFERING
1:2-4 Consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, because you
know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its
perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.
When needing WISDOM
1:5-8 If anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously
and without reprimand, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without
doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around
by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the
Lord, since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.
How MONEY issues can help me grow
1:9-12 Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high
position. But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation,
because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow. For the sun
rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls
off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of
his pursuits will wither away. Happy is the one who endures testing,
because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of
life that God promised to those who love him.
How to Handle My FEELINGS & Tongue
1:19-27 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to
listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. For human anger does not accomplish God’s
righteousness. So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the
message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls. But be sure you live
out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves. For if
someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone
who gazes at his own face[z] in a mirror. For he gazes at himself and then goes out
and immediately forgets what sort of person he was. But the one who peers into the
perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, & does not become a forgetful
listener but one who lives it out—he will be blessed in what he does. If someone
thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his
religion is futile. Pure & undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for
orphans and widows in their adversity& to keep oneself unstained by the world.
