James: Growing UpGrowing Pains: James 1:1April 19, 2015Please turn to James 1Michael’s Personal Goal: to be encouraged for those who seem far from the faithMy brothers and sisters, if people say they have faith, but do nothing, their faith is worth nothing. Can faith like that save them? James 2:14 (NCV) App: Faith is not just what we know, but what we do.James: the half-brother of JesusFor even his own brothers did not believe in Him. John 7:5…went to take charge of Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.” Mark 3:21b Then He appeared to James… (ref. 1Corinthians 15:1-8)App: Have you given up on someone who is an antagonist of the faith? God has a way of revealing Himself far beyond our greatest efforts. “Who are my mother and my brothers?”34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around Him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”Mark 3:33b-35App: What are you doing with Jesus? Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” John 6:29Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. John 1:12-13My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:12-13V 1: Servant: Dou-los: bond servant, slave (ref. Philippians 2:7b, John 15:15)V 1: The 12 Tribes-figurative: for all Jews of the dispersion wherever you areWhat is God’s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?