James 1:19-25

19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 

20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 

21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 

23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 

24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 

25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

Message Notes

Let the storm that people bring feed you instead of fail you.

Trials are great growth opportunities. When they’re not, they become setbacks instead.

Arguably, the most dangerous deception is not false doctrine,

it’s unused truth.

What good is a mirror if you don’t adjust what you see?

Blessing is not attached to hearing, blessing is attached to building.

You can often tell how well a life is built by how a mouth behaves under pressure.

Built people don’t speak perfectly,

they speak prayerfully.

Real faith shows up in two directions:

Outward compassion and Inward integrity.