Read Thru the Word 2025 | Today's Lesson

December 12, 2025

Scripture:

JAMES 1:1-3:18

Becoming Perfect

So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing

James 1:4

My Takeaways

Something Old

Hupomone (hoo-po-mo-NAY) Strong’s 5281

enduring, patience, steadfastness, continuance (waiting)

Enduring: patiently endures negative situations for long periods of time without complaining.
Patience: ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay
Steadfastness: firm and established in purpose

A Believer practicing hupomone demonstrates:

Steadfast endurance that clings to God in the face of pressure.
Active, faith-filled perseverance.
Refuses to abandon obedience or hope.

“I have looked back to times of trial with a kind of longing, not to have them return, but to feel the strength of God as I have felt it then, to feel the power of faith, as I have felt it then, to hang upon God’s powerful arm as I hung upon it then, and to see God at work as I saw him then.” - Charles Spurgeon

Tips for staying steadfast:

Ask God for strength.
Lean into Holy Spirit for comfort.
Stay in the Word for wisdom.
Pray without ceasing.
Praise Him continually.

Something New

“If we truly practice our faith, it will be in see in how we face our trials (Chap.1), in the way we treat people, (Chap. 2), in what we say (Chap.3), in how we deal with sin (Chap. 4), and in our prayer life (Chap.5).” - Warren Wiersbe