JAMES
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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 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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Daily Readings: James 1:1-18 and Hebrews 10:32-39 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. Hebrews 10:35-36 Like those to whom
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Daily Reading: James 1:1-18 and Matthew 5:1-12 In our passage from Matthew, verses 6 & 10 are clearly very closely related. They read as follows in the Good News translation:6 “Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires; God will satisfy them fully! … 10 “Happy are those who are persecuted because they do
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Today we start our new series of devotions in the “Life-Letter of James”, that intensely practical letter written to the early persecuted Church by James, the half-brother of Jesus. James was the leader and pastor of the Church in Jerusalem, and when many followers of Jesus were scattered away from Jerusalem by persecution, James wrote
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