My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; (James 1:2)* Count = consider, esteem, think, judge.* Temptations = This is the same underlying Greek word, "peirasmos" used in Luke 4:13 "And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season."1/ Temptations and trials that are not joy in themselves .2/ How temptations and trials are to be viewed when we do so from God's perspective .3/ Other scriptures that point to the same evaluation of temptations and trials.