Faith, Family and Food
James 4:13-17 “Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought... Continue Reading →
God is love. He loves us in our good moments and not so good ones too. In the latest passage in James, we looked at what it means to pursue friendship with the world (Constant draw of worldliness) and how that causes us to be hostile towards God. When we falter, what does God call... Continue Reading →
To ponder on our intentions, lead to a deeper reflection of our pursuit and submission to God. Last week we looked at Desires that battle within us and when not under submission to God, those very desires can lead us into conflict with one another. Today, we look at James 4:4-5 and how pursuit of... Continue Reading →
Today we delve into James 4:1-3. James writes about submitting to God and he begins with our wants. Each one of us have desires that can be used by the enemy as a snare to seek our own will and glory, causing us to step out of obedience to God. James causes us to reflect... Continue Reading →
Photo credit: https://www.independent.co.uk/ Today we delve into James 3:13-18 where James juxtaposes wisdom from above and wisdom of this world. The quality of being wise is defined as having knowledge, good judgement and having experience. 1 Cor 3:19 says “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” Meaning that worldly wisdom does... Continue Reading →
Proverbs 15:4 “The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.” With ease, words spill from our lips, once out, their impact inevitable, cautioning us to speak with intention for good and for the glory of God, to build and not to tear down. Today we delve into James... Continue Reading →
Today we delve into James 2:14-26. A passage that begins with a question that we can all use to self-reflect on. “What good is it to have faith but no deeds? In Hebrews 11:1 we read that “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” We... Continue Reading →
Today we look at James 2:1-13. James continues with his instruction for practical Christian living, imploring us to look at our treatment of others which is a testament to what we profess to believe. The passage begins with a clear statement on our stance as believers regarding showing favoritism – he writes, don’t show favoritism.... Continue Reading →
Today, I take a little detour from my James study series. I share a verse breakdown of Proverbs 2:1-6. This section of scripture is rich with the things we are to do as we seek the Lord for wisdom, understanding and knowledge. Breaking this verse down helped me understand that seeking to understand the things... Continue Reading →
James 1:22-27 " Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever... Continue Reading →
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