EVERYDAY FAITH – WEEK 1

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.  James 1:22 

Why do we go through pain?  

• Sometimes we experience pain because we reap what we sow. 
• Sometimes we are reaping what someone else has sown. 
• We live in a broken world. 

Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. James 1:2 

For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. 

James 1:3-4 

Wisdom Prayer … 

God help me see what you see, so that I might do what you say. 

God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. James 1:12

Next Steps 

• Choose to grow through what you are going through. 
• Perseverance produces maturity.
• Remember whatever is going on, this too shall pass.