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Daily Readings: Psalm 51 and James 4:1-10 Read together, these passages make it very clear that there are times when the first step towards submission to the LORD is repentance. Psalm 51 is the Psalm David wrote after he had turned his back on the will of God in lustful pursuit of Bathsheba. He had
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The theme for this week in our “Life-Letter from James” is Submission. Throughout the week we’ll be reflecting on the call to submit ourselves to the Lord and His perfect will. Today the emphasis falls on the importance of submitting out of a motivation of humble reverence for the LORD. Daily Readings: James 4:1-10 and
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Daily Readings: James 3:13-18 and Romans 11:33-36 We’ve been seeing all week how James extols the virtues of divine wisdom and calls us to humbly trust God’s plan and pursue a life of practical wisdom – thereby expressing our deep love for God, inheriting the rich blessings God has in store for us, and avoiding
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Daily Readings: James 3:13-18 and Isaiah 11:1-9 Isaiah 11 was a Messianic prophecy, which boldly declared hundreds of years in advance that the Messiah would be empowered and enabled by the “Spirit of the Lord”. His life would be characterised by Spirit-given wisdom and understanding, counsel and might, knowledge and the fear of the Lord. This was
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Daily Readings: James 3:13-18 and Proverbs 2:1-22 Today, let’s think about those two types of wisdom James identifies. First there is “earthly, unspiritual, demonic” wisdom. As we saw earlier this week, Godly wisdom is the pursuit of what is pleasing to God. By contrast, James points out that “earthly” wisdom is the pursuit of selfish
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Daily Readings: James 3:13-18 and Psalm 111 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom…” Psalm 111:10 This famous principle is echoed in various places in Scripture, for example Job 28:28; Proverbs 1:7 and 9:10. But what exactly does it mean? I believe that the fear of the Lord involves holding God in such reverence,
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Aaand we’re back! After a two week break, our daily devotions on the “Life Letter from James” resume today. Our theme this week is wisdom, and our focus passage is James 3:13-18. Before we begin, though, let’s note that “wisdom” is the understanding of what to do in a given set of circumstances in order
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For the next two weeks, these daily blog posts and their author are on a fortnight break for annual leave. We’ll be back on Monday 30 October. In the meantime, the themes for the coming weeks in the “Life Letter from James” and the daily readings are as outlined below. Please do continue to read
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For some reason, I mixed up my own reading plan and merrily skipped over the reading I’d set for Tuesday this week. So I’m returning to that today to end off the week. Perhaps there’s some special significance to that timing for someone. I hope so. Daily Reading: Habakkuk 3:17-19 and James 1:1-18 My childhood
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Daily Readings: 1 Peter 5:8-10 and James 1:1-18 1 Peter 5 outlines the spiritual battle that goes on whenever a believer faces trials and suffering, and Peter’s advice to the beleaguered and suffering believers is: “Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.”
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