Real Life Week 2 “The Trials of Real Life”

The Trials of Real Life

 

Theme of James:  What you ______________ determines how you ________________.

Jesus was the perfect ________________ of faith and action, belief and behavior.

James 1:1-8

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:

Greetings.

Trials and Temptations

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

  1. Do you _______________ your trial is for your _______________?

We can’t count it all joy because it will all _________  ________.

We can count it all __________ because we can count on _______________.

Though it is _______________ that the circumstances of life are vital, it is _____________________ that they are not as vital as knowing God.

If you don’t believe your trial comes from a loving God, then __________ or ____________ does it come from?

Jesus ______________ that the cross was for our ______________.

Real life doesn’t involve __________________ faith and actions but rather real life involves __________________ faith and action.

The key phrase in the book of James is “faith without works is ______________.”

James 2:17

17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

James is not elevating behavior above belief, rather James is elevating the __________________ between behavior and belief.

What parts of real life does James discuss?

  1. ________________

2,  How do we ________________ different kinds of people?

  1. _______________

You will live an incredible life if you follow what ___________ has to say about what ___________ say.

  1. ________________

Do you understand your life on earth is very       _____________ and very _______________?

  1. ____________________

Do you agree that what you _______________ affects how you _________________?

 

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