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“Patience”

James 1:19-21

Dr. Gary Singleton

We all experience times when we need to hit the reset button and make a fresh start - and the same thing is true in our faith. There are times that we need to restart and get back to the basics of following Jesus. In the first chapter of James, we have seen that James was writing to Christians who were facing severe persecution. It is in the context of these trials that James tells us that one of the basics of our faith is that we need to listen. We must stop and listen to what God is saying in order to understand what he wants to teach us. This morning James shows us that when things aren’t going our way, we need to listen up instead of blowing up.