1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:
Greetings.
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish
1 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2 Suppose someone comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor person in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the one wearing fine clothes and say, "Here's a
1 Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
Jesus, I know I have sinned so much that I cannot be a teacher. I have fallen too often. I need Your mercy to be of any service at
1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you
1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last
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My pastor challenged me to prepare for Christmas better than I ever have before. I couldn’t think of a better way to do this than to help people who perhaps were either new to the Bible, or struggling to make it meaningful in their lives. I’ve read the Bible for over 35 years now, so maybe God can use that is some small …
Beginner’s Bible Study: The goal is not to understand the Bible, it is to become closer to God so we can glorify Him better.We all need to have the proper goal when we start. Reading the Bible and understanding it better will bring us closer to God, which will help us bring Him glory. In the broadest sense, that really is what life is all about. Sometimes we look …
Becoming closer to God requires prayer – time communicating with Him.Knowing someone can only really come by being around them. There is no substitute for spending time with God. If we believe He is alive and loves us, we can be in His presence. Take the time to get to know the person who died for You.
Think of the person you talk to on the phone the most. …
Becoming closer to God requires that we work at living a life truly led by Jesus.Lets go back to Alex. Lets say you met Alex and got to know Alex a little, and you decided you wanted to get to know Alex better. Would you not do the things Alex enjoyed so you could spend more time with Alex? Wouldn’t you talk about the things Alex like to talk …
Becoming closer to God requires reading and studying the Bible, the Word of God. I know this is why we are here, but we don’t want to miss just how important this is.
Lets go back to our friend Alex who we would like to get to know better. If Alex wrote a book or an article, wouldn’t you read it? As a matter of fact, if you spent a …
