Why does James say that Christians should rejoice in their trials and suffering? (1:2-3)

What are some strategies that Christians can use to fight against doubt? How can you be employing those strategies when doubt surfaces in your life?

Why do you think that the human heart finds it so easy to revert back to trusting in material wealth in trials and suffering? How does this tendency manifest itself in your life?

What does it mean for a poor person to “boast in their exaltation”? What does it mean for a rich person to “boast in their humiliation”? (1:9-10) What are some liabilities that might make it difficult for a rich person to trust in Christ? What about a poor person?

Why do you think it is that trials and temptation make it easy for us as Christians to indict God, and blame God (1:13)? How can we fight against this tendency in our hearts?

James ends this passage with a resounding declaration that God is good, and that He gives us good gifts, and that He is faithful and never changes. (1:16-18) How can these truths serve as anchors to help us through trials and temptation?

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