“A Proven Faith” (James 1:1-5)

Continuing the series called Counseling from the Whole Counsel of God, today we consider “trials of various kinds” (1:2) and God’s design for such trials. All peoples are created to worship (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 1:20-21). Instinctively, we give ourselves (our thoughts, feelings, choices, actions; i.e., our worth) to the people and things valued most. And the ways we spend ourselves demonstrate who or what we worship. James 1:1-5 reveals a prescription for godly worship in the midst of and even because of these “trials of various kinds” (1:2).