In The Word Read: James 2:14-26 Faith and Works 14 What use is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go […]
Equal In Christ
In The Word Read: James 2:1-13 The Sin of Partiality 2 My brothers and sisters, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. 2 For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and is dressed in bright clothes, and a poor man in dirty […]
Good Listening Becomes Good Conduct
In The Word Read: James 1:19-27 19 You know this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Now everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; 20 for a man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore, ridding yourselves of all filthiness and allthat remains of wickedness, in humility receive the […]
The Joy Of Suffering
In The Word Read: James 1: 1-18 The Testing of Your Faith 1 James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. 2 Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials,3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let […]
Return To Me
In The Word Read: Malachi 3:7-18 7 “From the days of your fathers you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ You Have Robbed God 8 “Would anyone rob God? Yet you […]
God Hates Divorce
In The Word Read: Malachi 2:10-3:6 Sin in the Family 10 Do we not all have one Father? Is it not one God who has created us? Why do we deal treacherously, each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in […]
Love, Honor, and Respect
In The Word Read: Malachi 1-2:9 God’s Love for Jacob 1 The pronouncement of the word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi: 2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “WasEsau not Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and […]
A Day Is Coming
In The Word Read: Zechariah 14 God Will Battle Jerusalem’s Enemies 14 Behold, a day is coming for the Lord when the spoils taken from you will be divided among you. 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be taken, the houses plundered, the women raped, and half […]
The Difference
In The Word Read: Zechariah 12-13 Jerusalem to Be Attacked 12 The pronouncement of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: The Lord who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of a person within him, declares: 2 “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering […]
It’s Not About Us
In The Word Read: Zechariah 11 The Doomed Flock 11 Open your doors, Lebanon, So that a fire may feed on your cedars. 2 Wail, juniper, because the cedar has fallen, For the magnificent trees have been destroyed; Wail, oaks of Bashan, Because the impenetrable forest has come down. 3 There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail, […]