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Put on your new nature, created to be like God — truly righteous and holy. Ephesians 4:24 NLT There is sometimes confusion about identity once we come to have faith in Christ. Am I the sum of my past mistakes and failures? Or am I a new creation in Christ? When we believe that Jesus … Continue reading Changing Clothes →

Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 NLT How do we remain in God? We abide in His love. When we love, we are doing what God does. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or … Continue reading Do Everything With Love →

Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the [secular] world. James 1:27 AMP Just as what we say reveals what's in our … Continue reading What We Do Is Important →

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. James 1:26 NLT Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit. Hypocrites pretend to be righteous, but their words and actions betray them. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? … Continue reading What We Say Is Important →

So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls. James 1:21 NLT Do the groundwork. What does that mean? Do the things that prepare a good foundation to build upon. To be … Continue reading Do The Groundwork →

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. James 1:19 NLT Prophets in the Old Testament spoke of a Messiah who would come and establish the Kingdom of God. Apostles in the New Testament, who were eyewitnesses to the life and … Continue reading The Example of Christ →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. James 1:17 NKJV Christians have faith that God is Father. Our God is a good Father. He never changes. He is always good. He is always generous. … Continue reading Every Good & Perfect Gift →

God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. James 1:12 NLT Don't fool yourself. This life is not about our own personal pleasure, comfort, entertainment and ease. It's a continual growth process marked by testing, temptation, trials … Continue reading Sin Is A Matter of the Heart →

And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. James 1:10 NLT Material wealth brings confidence with it. Money affords us the ability to get things done in regards to things that can be bought or sold. The more money we … Continue reading Don’t Trust In Riches →

Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. James 1:9 NLT God loves everyone. Rich, poor, somewhere in between? It doesn't matter. There is no favoritism with God. He loves us because He created us and He's our Father, not based on what we possess. In fact, the poor … Continue reading Blessed Are The Poor →

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. James 1:5 NLT It's better to trust in the Lord. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and … Continue reading Walk In Wisdom →

This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing to the “twelve tribes” — Jewish believers scattered abroad. Greetings! James 1:1 NLT James, a brother of Jesus, identifies himself as a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. The word slave can also be … Continue reading Trials By Fire →

He is also the head [the life-source and leader] of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will occupy the first place [He will stand supreme and be preeminent] in everything. Colossians 1:18 AMP The Church is Christ's Body. He is the Head of … Continue reading Christ Is Leading His Church →

“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.” Matthew 6:24 NLT What needs to be done today? What's on the agenda? The answer depends on who's your master. If … Continue reading The Master’s Agenda →

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Psalms 46:10 NKJV Separate yourselves from the world and its ways for a time of resting and reflection. Let the Holy Spirit minister to your souls. Obey the voice of the Lord. Walk … Continue reading Slow Down →

Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! 1 Corinthians 9:24 NLT If life is a race, how do you run it? By putting one foot in front of the other. If life is a race, how do you win it? By keeping … Continue reading Run The Race →

Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God. 1 John 3:9 NLT The children of God do not make a practice of sinning. Some people practice playing the guitar. That … Continue reading The Children of God →

Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. Colossians 2:16 AMP When Christ came, He fulfilled the Old Covenant and established a New Covenant. The old has passed away, behold all things are new. … Continue reading No Festivals Required →

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 NLT When the Holy Spirit is leading us, everything we do and say … Continue reading Faith That Endures →

God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through? Numbers 23:19 NLT Men can lie. God cannot. God is faithful and true. He never breaks His … Continue reading Faithful One →

Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. 1 John 4:1 NLT There are many who claim to speak what the Holy Spirit is saying, but they … Continue reading Test & Prove →

It’s clear that we don’t live to honor ourselves, and we don’t die to honor ourselves. Romans 14:7 GW Living for the Lord frees us from living according to worldly ways and measures. Everything in this world will disappear, so don't make temporary things your god. The rising and setting of the Sun, the food … Continue reading Live and Let Live →

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 ESV Fellowship with God, both now and forever, is the eternal and abundant life that Christ freely provides us. This is … Continue reading Now Is The Time To Walk →

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35 NASB2020 Jesus showed us the perfect way to teach disciples. … Continue reading Go Back To The Heart →

Be shepherds over the flock God has entrusted to you. Watch over it as God does: Don’t do this because you have to, but because you want to. Don’t do it out of greed, but out of a desire to serve. Don’t be rulers over the people entrusted to you, but be examples for the … Continue reading Don’t Neglect Your Flock →