JAMES 1:2-8 (NLT)
(2) Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. (3) For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. (4) So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. (5) If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and He will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. (6) But when you ask Him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. (7) Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. (8) Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.
PROVERBS 4:23-27 (NLT)
(23) Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. (24) Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech. (25) Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. (26) Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. (27) Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil.
