I, James, am a slave of God and the Master Jesus, writing to the twelve tribes scattered to Kingdom Come: Hello! Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get his help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who “worry their prayers” are like wind-whipped waves. Don’t think you’re going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open.

James 1:1‭-‬8

James was the half brother of Jesus and he did not believe that Jesus was the Messiah untill he rose from the grave.

Truths about Trials

1. They are inevitable
2. To respond rightly we must think rightly
3. To think rightly we must pray for wisdom

Memory verse

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy, I have come that you may have life and have it to the full

John 10:10