08/20/25 - Jason Norvell - Bible Study

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James 1 - Faith Booster James a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. 2 Consider it all joy, my fellow believer, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have [its] perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to them. 6 But they must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that human being ought not to expect that they will receive anything from the Lord, 8 [being] a double-minded human being, unstable in all their ways. 9 But the fellow believer of humble circumstances is to glory in their high position; 10 and the wealthy [is to glory] in their humiliation, because like flowering grass they will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the wealthy in the midst of their pursuits will fade away. 1. Don’t have to be perfect (Vs. 1-4)

• Be a bondservant = attendant to the will of God and Jesus
• Encounter various trials = fall into bad situations
• Testing of your faith = proving shows level of faith and maturing

2. Just ask (Vs. 5-6)

• Lacks wisdom = want wisdom
• Will be given = supply will be made available
• Must ask in faith = conviction that it will occur, belief beyond circumstances

3. Claim it (Vs. 6-8)

• Without doubting = without hesitation
• They will receive = you must lay claim
• Being double-minded = become certain, not uncertain