“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…
“Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”? (James 4:5) You want your soul…
“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…
“You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask”…
“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…