We're in the book of James for the Word series,

and I love it because James is not here in the flesh,

but he is here in the spirit, in the spirit of God,

writing through him to the church,

is coming so close to our world and challenging us

in such a great way.

And I love it last week.

We just dove right into James chapter one

and just plowed right ahead.

And we did such an amazing study.

We got to the first verse of the first chapter

of the book of James last week, and that's it.

And some of you, I loved it,

we're encouraging me through the week and saying,

hey, I'm studying ahead, I'm reading ahead,

I'm getting ready for this week,

I've been digging around in verse two all week long,

and I'm ready for you this week.

So I'm glad that you are.

I'd like to go a little further if we can.

But before we do that, I want to back up

and just talk about the big idea.

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