Posts with the category “21-days-of-prayer-fasting-2025”

James tells us to submit to God. Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord and he will lift you up. What is it in your life that needs to be submitted to God? What is holding you back from accomplishing God’s will in your life?  Read More

When James says that God resists the proud, he is actually making the statement that those who refuse to align themselves under God’s authority and truth do not receive God’s blessing.   Read More

When James describes these believers as adulterers and adulteresses he is actually saying that they are being unfaithful to God. When you or I long for the world and flirt with it we are being unfaithful to God. When we wink at sin and play along with the world’s games we are being unfaithful in our hearts to God.  Read More

I wonder why we don’t ask God for what we need? Maybe it’s a lack of faith in his ability. Or a lack of faith in his love for us. Or perhaps our guilt and shame causes us to think that there is no way that God would even want to bless us. Maybe we are afraid that a NO is coming. We don’t expect a yes so we don’t even ask.  Read More

The direct results of bitter envy and self-centeredness are confusion and every evil thing. Anytime we allow ourselves to be controlled by this way of thinking, we are in danger of producing evil things in our life as well.  Read More

When James uses the imagery of a horse to describe how we should also control our words, he is giving a clear picture of what submission to God might look like for us. Self-control is one of the fruits of the Spirit.  Read More

If someone asked you what you believe about Jesus, the Bible, the Trinity, the Resurrection or any other doctrine of the church, would you be able to answer them in an articulate way? Have you spent time studying the answers to the biggest questions of life?  Read More

True faith always does something in us that turns outward and becomes manifested in our actions. It becomes the evidence of something unseen. James calls it “works.”  Read More

“So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. For judgement is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”  Read More

“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”  Read More

How many times have you been in a situation where you should have listened but instead spoke to quickly? ames draws a direct line from the “implanted word” to the bridleing of the tongue.  Read More

The truth is really simple. We don’t need to be confused as to what God is up to. We know that He is up to something good, even when we don’t always see it clearly at the moment of crisis.  Read More

One of the toughest things to overcome in this life is the constant barrage of temptations that comes our way. Particularly on day four of a fast you might be feeling tempted to give in and to indulge your flesh! But James tells us that a person who endures temptation is “blessed.”  Read More

Do you ever feel like there won’t be enough time to accomplish all your life goals? To experience all the things you wanted to experience and to be everything your potential would allow you to be? If you live for eternal things, you will know what it means to be a success.  Read More

As we continue our time of prayer and fasting let us throw ourselves on the mercies of a God who not only wants to bless us, but will bless us. Let us align ourselves under His authority and surrender our lives to him fully.  Read More

There are some trials coming your way. But instead of dreading them and giving up when they arrive; embrace them with JOY.  Read More

Join us each day as we explore the book of James. We will unpack a portion of scripture, apply it to our lives and then ask God to shape us through what we have learned.  Read More