Category: James
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Swift to Hear
James 1:19-21 “Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” One…
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The Desires of the Heart
James 1:16-17 “Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” One of the first questions Jesus asked His would-be disciples was “What are you seeking?” (John 1:38). I suppose that’s a…
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The Happy and the Blessed
James 1:12 “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.” Is it more important to you that you are happy or that you are blessed? You may ask, “What’s the difference?” “Happiness” can…
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Ignorantly Dead
James 1:14-15 “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.” This summer I was surprised with how many unsightly dandelions had invaded my front yard. They were everywhere! I just so…
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An Eternal Perspective on Money
James 1:9-11 “Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.” A…
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Great Expectations
James 1:5-8 “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that…
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Don’t Know What to Do?
James 1:4-5 “And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.” Do you like “know-it-alls?” Have you run across such people in your life? “Know-it-alls” think they…
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A Word about Needs
James 1:2-4 “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” Perhaps one of the most comforting and encouraging Scriptures in all the Bible is Philippians 4:19: “And my…
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The Dispersion
James 1:1 “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.” The history of Judaism over the centuries has been that of being dispersed or scattered among other nations. In the Old Testament we read of Israel’s captivity under the Assyrians, the Greeks and Persians,…
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A Spiritual Sensitivity
James 2:15-17 “If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, be warmed and filled,’ without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” Have you ever…
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