Patient Prayerful Endurance. In the concluding verses of James’ letter, the theme is PPE – ‘Patient Prayerful Endurance’. James looks to the certainty of the future coming and judgment, which gives hope in the present for his readers both then and now. He gave us 3 examples of patient endurance – the farmer, the OT prophets and Job. For the farmer, the ‘valuable’ harvest was worth waiting for. We thought of various OT prophets, but particularly Habakkuk who prayed, ‘How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? ‘ Maybe there are similarities today! And then there was Job, perhaps the greatest example of patient endurance. The second theme was prayer. We saw how prayer is appropriate in any and all situations. ‘Are you in trouble? Pray. Are you happy? Sing songs of praise. Are you sick? Pray.’ Various examples were given of people who prayed and we noted the verse ‘The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective’. James ended his letter with the thought that we live in a fellowship of care and concern for each other. We should be looking out for any search and rescue missions we might need to help with for our fellow Christians.