For many of us, life is most enjoyable when it's easy. James assures us that when we do face trials, we can count it as a joy because it builds our character, and Jesus considered the cross before him as a joy as well. Griffen Molenburg opens up this series with a dialed-in look of the words of James 1 and how our faith in Jesus is supposed to be active, not because our works save us, but because our faithful action is a response to us being saved by grace.