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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – James 4:2-3 You don’t ask
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 4:2-3 2 You lust and do not have. You murder, you covet but you don’t have what you want. You fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motive: to spend it on […]
God’s Word for You – James 4:1 Lusts at war
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 4:1 Friendship with the World is Hatred Toward God In chapter 4, James explains that faith submits to God in view of all our relationships. That is to say, we show our faith to God in the way we behave toward each other. After ending chapter 3 with the divine […]
God’s Word for You – James 3:16-18 Harvest of righteousness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:16-18 16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will be disorder and every bad practice. Our coach James explains what happens when (bitter) envy and selfish ambition rule a man’s life. He will leave nothing behind him but disorder and “every bad practice.” “Bad” here is phaulos, […]
God’s Word for You – James 3:14-15 Every. Single. Day.
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:14-15 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, stop boasting about it and lying against the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. Look at the way James coaches us to deal with sinful motives. He […]
God’s Word for You – James 3:13 Humble wisdom
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:13 James moves away from speech to thoughts. Rather than talk about intelligence or wisdom as something one has or doesn’t have, as it often is presented in the Proverbs, James assumes a certain amount of wisdom and intelligence in everyone. But what kind of wisdom do we have? Is […]
God’s Word for You – James 3:9-12 To bless and curse
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:9-12 9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not happen. 11 Does a spring gush with both fresh and bitter water […]
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 […]
