Blessed is anyone who endures testing
because 
  when they have become proven
they will receive the crown,
which is life,
which has been promised
to those who love him

Let no-one
when they are tested say:
 ‘I am tempted by God.’
For God is unable to be tempted by bad things,
but he himself tempts no-one. 

But each person
is tempted by their own evil-desire
being dragged away
and enticed.

Then the evil-desire having conceived
gives birth to sin, 
and the sin having become fully grown
births death

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Lord God,
your feed us with the living bread from heaven.
You renew our faith
increase our hope
and strengthen our love.
Teach us to hunger for Christ
who is the true and living bread
and live by every word that comes from your mouth,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Let the brother/sister who is lowly rejoice in their high position.
But the rich person in their humiliation, 
because they will pass away like a wildflower. 

For the sun rises with its heat,
and drys up the wildflower
and the flower falls off,
and the beauty of its face is lost.

And so the rich person will fade away
while conducting their business.

God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.

But if anyone of you lacks wisdom,
let them ask
the giving God
(who gives) to all 
whole-heartedly
and not reproachfully
and it will be given to them.
but let them ask in faith
not with two opinons.
For someone with two opinions
is like the rough waters of the  sea
driven by the wind
and tossed about.

For let that one not expect
that they will receive 
anything from the Lord
– one who is double-minded 
– unstable in all their ways.

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that thou art –
Thou my best thought, by day or by night;
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

Jacob,
of God
and of the Lord Jesus Christ
a slave – 

to the twelve tribes
who are in the dispersion:

– greetings of joy!

Consider 
 it to be an occasion of  great joy
my brothers/sisters.
whenever  you fall into trials
    of various kinds
knowing
that testing of your faith
works out staying-power.

And let staying-power finish its work
so that you will be finished
and complete –
in lacking, nothing.

Lord, you have given me so much,
I ask for one more thing –
a grateful heart.

George Herbert