“You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of…
“You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures” (James 4:3). What is your motivation? Is it to…
“What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?” (James 4:1) If one learns to be content…
“And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace” (James 3:18). Often, the simple way of going about things is the last that…
“But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy” (James 3:17). First pure. Create in me a clean…
“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing” (James 3:16). This simple sentence is probably the root of most of the discord in any…
“This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic” (James 3:15). Learning how to mask our issues is what the world teaches. That, and…
“But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth” (James 3:14). One wonders how often this kind…
“Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom” (James 3:13). Wisdom, knowledge and understanding are different things. …