April 16, 2023
James: Week 1

Where’s Your Joy?

James 1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.

²Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

People believe because they follow Jesus, life on earth should be

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John 16:33 (NLT)
…Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.

When you are

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, God’s word teaches us to

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When you face a

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, God’s word teaches us to

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Count it all joy:

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it as a joy.

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it as a joy.

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on it as a joy.

Joy is something you

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, not something you

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³for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

If your faith is no good in times of trouble, then your faith is

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Hebrews 12:2
“looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame.”

Trials are

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Joy is a

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before it is a

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Joy is not found in looking

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or looking

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Psalm 16:11
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Joy is found in the

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of God.

Joy is not a lack of God’s

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, it’s a lack of

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