James 1:17 is a commonly-quoted verse, and one that often comes to my mind, especially around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights, in whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”

But as wonderful a truth as this is, it wasn’t intended to stand alone. The Sunday School class I attend at my church has been doing a study on temptation and how to fight it, and we have looked at quite a few verses in James...