JAMES
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Daily Readings: James 5:13-18 and Mark 11:12-25 James 5 appears to indelibly connect prayer with confession and forgiveness. Perhaps this is a recognition that while physical wellness is important to the Lord, spiritual wellness is even more so. The Lord cares deeply when our bodies are in pain, and even more deeply when our relationship
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Daily Readings: James 5:13-18 and Matthew 11:25-30 As we consider our call to prayerfulness throughout this week, it would be easy to fall into the trap of thinking that prayer is always and only about asking great things from God and seeing God do great and miraculous things in response to our great faith. Instead,
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Daily Readings: James 5:13-18 and Psalm 27 Psalm 27 is a beautiful expression of the wrestling match between faith and fear that often happens in the human heart in times of difficulty. In it, David mentions the very real physical dangers he faced from wicked enemies, besieging armies, wars, oppression, and malicious false witnesses. Remarkably,
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Daily Readings: Luke 11:14-28 and James 4:1-10 We may read James 4:4 and feel that he is being terribly harsh when he writes to warn his readers of the danger of having a divided heart, with one foot in the world and one in the Kingdom, so to speak. He is decidedly blunt when he
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Daily Readings: Luke 14:1-14 and James 4:1-10 “11 For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” – Luke 14:11 In a dining room full of people bursting with religious pride, Jesus bravely told a parable warning against pride and calling for humility. Quite likely His story about
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Daily Readings: Proverbs 3:27-35 and James 4:1-10 He mocks proud mockers, but shows favour to the humble and oppressed. Proverbs 3:34 James appears to quote Proverbs 3:34 in James 4:6. There he renders it: ‘God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble.“ The word translated “favour” is from the same root as the word for
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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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