James 5:13;16b, “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” The theme of handling trials with patience and …
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James 5:7-8, “Be patient, therefore brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until he receives the early and late rains. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.” Do you have …
James 4:13-15, “Come now you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit” – yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time …
James 4:7-8a, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” Do you have something that is causing you anxiety? You know those thoughts of thinking you will never make it or wondering how can any good come out …
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James 4:6, “But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” The older I become, I realize more and more that I need God’s grace daily. I need His power overcoming my weaknesses. He has promised in 2 Corinthians 12:9, “But he said to me, “My …
James 3:17-18, “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” We all face unfulfilled expectations in life. We have our own standards and expect others to …
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James 3:2, “For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.” Don’t you hate it when you have said something and wish you could take it back and do a replay with editing voice options …
James 2:12-13, “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.” How often do we live in the reality that we have been forgiven? Think about that for a minute. God …
James 1:27, “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” I carry a Tide to go pen-like stick in my purse and keep one handy in our master bathroom’s vanity drawer. I hate it when …
James 1:22-24, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what …
