#  Entrust Yourself Into the Sovereign Hand of God

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#  Scripture

James 1:1-4

English Standard Version

### Greeting

1 James, a servant\[[a](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%201%3A1-4&version=ESV#fen-ESV-30251a "See footnote a")\] of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:

Greetings.

### Testing of Your Faith

2 Count it all joy, my brothers,\[[b](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%201%3A1-4&version=ESV#fen-ESV-30252b "See footnote b")\] when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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