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When We Listen – July 21, 2022
Read with Me James 1:26-27 (HCSB)If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself. Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress...
When We Listen – July 20, 2022
Read with Me James 1:21-25 (HCSB) Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you. But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Because if anyone is a hearer of the...
When We Listen – July 19, 2022
Read with Me James 1:19-20 (HCSB) My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man’s anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness. Listen with Me James’ advice is as timely today as the day he wrote...
When We Listen – July 6, 2022
Dear readers, Some of you know that I have been facing some very difficult challenges with my eyesight over the last several months. This problem has made it difficult to do many things, including writing this blog. I apologize for the spotty production during this...
When We Listen – June 20, 2022
Read with Me James 1:13-15 (HCSB)No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God.” For God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself doesn’t tempt anyone. But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires. Then after...
When We Listen – June 15, 2022
Read with Me James 1:12 (HCSB)A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. Listen with Me James finishes his encouragement to those who are...
When We Listen – June 13, 2022
Read with Me James 1:9-11 (HCSB)The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation, but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the...
When We Listen – June 10, 2022
Read with Me James 1:5-8 (HCSB)Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by...
When We Listen – June 7, 2022
Read with Me James 1:2-4 (HCSB)Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing....
When We Listen – June 6, 2022
Read with Me James 1:1James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the 12 tribes in the Dispersion. Greetings. Listen with Me James identifies himself as a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus, the Christ (literally “Messiah”). James was actually...