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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – James 3:7-8 The tongue’s poison
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:7-8 7 For every kind of wild animal and bird, crawling animal and sea creature, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no one can tame the human tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. My translation of verse 7 differs from the Greek […]
God’s Word for You – James 3:5b-6 The wheel of existence on fire
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:5b-6 Or how small a fire sets such a large forest ablaze! 6 The tongue is also a fire. The tongue is placed as a world of sin among the members of our bodies; it pollutes the whole body, sets the wheel of existence on fire, and is itself set […]
God’s Word for You – James 3:4-5a The rudder
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:4-5a 4 Oh, and ships! They are terribly large and are driven along by very strong winds, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the helmsman directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. It is […]
God’s Word for You – James 3:3 Bit and bridle
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:3 3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide their whole bodies. Coach James knows that some of his readers are well-acquainted with horses. In one ancient Greek play by Sophocles it is said, “Spirited horses are broken by use […]
God’s Word for You – James 3:2 Keep a tight rein
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:2 2 Certainly, we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not keep stumbling in what he says, he is a fully mature man, able to keep a tight rein on his whole body as well. What is James teaching us in this passage? Is our coach raising the […]
God’s Word for You – James 3:1 a stricter judgement
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:1 Control Your Tongue In chapter 1, our coach James said, “Let everyone be quick to listen and slow to speak” (1:19). He explained the “quick to listen” part in the remainder of chapters 1 and 2 (being quick to listen to God’s word will keep us from favoritism and […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:25-26 Rahab’s righteousness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:25-26 25 In the same way, wasn’t even Rahab the prostitute shown to be righteous by her works when she welcomed the spies and sent them off in another direction? 26 For just as the body without breath is dead, so faith without works is dead. Rahab’s story is told […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:23-24 Works and faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:23-24 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” He was also called God’s friend. 24 You must recognize that a person is declared righteous by works and not by faith alone. Do we become righteous because of our […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:20-22 Faith and works
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:20-22 20 But do you need to be shown, you empty man, that such faith without works is barren? 21 Take Abraham our father: Wasn’t he shown to be righteous as a result of works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that his faith […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:19 Shuddering demons
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:19 19 You believe that God is one. You do well! Even the demons believe that– and shudder! In this verse James describes what faith is not. Faith is not just a knowledge of history about what God has done. That kind of knowledge, even a good knowledge of the […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:18 I will show you my faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:18 18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and by my works I will show you my faith. Our coach James has another good point to make. A hypothetical man thinks that his works are as good a way […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:14-17 Faith and works
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:14-17 Beware an Inactive Faith 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says that he has faith but has no works? Is that faith able to save him? There is a German word, Maulchristen, which means “mouth-Christian.” This is a person who says he is a Christian, who […]
