(We are a little behind on the weekly James memory posts and have included the previous memory verse cards and lock screens!)

Friends, we encourage you to take this Taste and See Challenge one week at a time. Whether you have been following along since January or this memorization plan finds its way to you months from now, know that God has something for you in His Word and that this process is more about opening our hearts to His truth than it is checking off a box. Before we begin memorizing the first part of Chapter 2, let’s read the verses collectively and take a moment to treasure the words of God before us. 

James 2:1-13

My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court? Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

weekly memorization resources:

Week 14 | lockscreen • cards

Week 15 | lockscreen • cards

Week 16 | lockscreen • cards

Week 17 | lockscreen • cards

Week 18 | lockscreen • cards

Week 19 | lockscreen • cards

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catch up on previous weeks:

Introduction | Taste and See Challenge

James Plan: Week One & Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Weeks Eight through Eleven

Weeks Twelve and Thirteen

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your sister,

Gretchen