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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – James 5:5-6 Broken butterfly wings
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 5:5-6 5 You have lived in luxury on the earth and in self-indulgence. You have fattened up your hearts in a day of slaughter. Doesn’t James have a way with words? The wicked wealthy people that he has condemned have not turned their hearts to God, but instead they have […]
God’s Word for You – James 5:4 God of Armies
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 5:4 4 Behold, the wages of the workers who reaped your fields, which you refused to pay them, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Armies. One kind of greed is to rely on one’s possessions in place […]
God’s Word for You – James 5:1-3 Fear love and trust
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 5:1-3 In this final chapter, James begins with a condemnation of the unbelieving rich (5:1-6), and then a series of encouragements for Christians: Be patient as you suffer (5:7-11), beware of taking the Lord’s name in vain (5:12), take your needs to the Lord in prayer (5:13-18), and call the […]
God’s Word for You – James 4:16-17 Sin of omission
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 4:16-17 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So whoever knows the good he should do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. The boasting James is talking about is the boast from verse 13, “Today or tomorrow we […]
God’s Word for You – James 4:14b-15 As the Lord wills
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 4:14b-15 What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, then we will live, and also do this or that.” David also said, “Each man’s life is but a breath” (Psalm […]
God’s Word for You – James 4:13-14a What tomorrow will bring
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 4:13-14a 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit”– 14 you who do not know what tomorrow will bring. We get our word emporium from the Greek term […]
God’s Word for You – James 4:11-12 Do not judge
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 4:11-12 11 Stop speaking evil against each another, brothers! Someone who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not someone who obeys the law, but a judge. 12 There is only one lawgiver […]
God’s Word for You – James 4:10 He will lift you up
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 4:10 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. We discussed repentance with the previous verses. Verse ten comes as a summary with a gospel promise attached: “The Lord will lift you up.” The scene is any ancient throne room. The subjects of the King come […]
God’s Word for You – James 4:8b-9 Wash your hands
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 4:8b-9 Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve and mourn and weep. Change your laughter to sorrow and your joy to gloom. Obviously this is the hard part of what coach James has to say. Using words meant to break the heart and crush […]
God’s Word for You – James 4:8a He will draw near
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 4:8a 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. James is going to talk about the manner in which we draw near to God. He will talk about repentance and turning away from sin. But before we talk about that, we need to keep two important […]
God’s Word for You – James 4:7 One little word
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 4:7 7 So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Where English has only two voices, active and passive, Greek has a third voice, described by the unromantic but functional term ‘middle.’ The middle voice shows where a person does something for themselves in […]
God’s Word for You – James 4:4-6 Live as a beloved bride
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 4:4-6 4 You adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Who does James mean when he booms out this “Adulteresses!” He doesn’t mean the women of the dispersed […]
