Devotions

“Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.”  (James 4:15) The Lord is Lord and He knows our days.  In…

“Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away” (James 4:14). What…

“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit”…

“There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?” (James 4:12) There is a…

“Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the…

“Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you” (James 4:10). This does not say to pretend to be humble, for before the Lord that is…

“Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom: (James 4:9). What do you live for?  What drives you?  Behind this…

“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded” (James 4:8). The intent of the heart is…

“Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). Humility requires submission.  The last thing, no, the one thing the devil will not do…

“But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”  (James 4:6) Pride goes before a fall.  The devil…