Devotions from James

Passage Read: Hebrews 13 - James 1 Meditation Verse: James 1:27 This is an interesting statement. James makes it sound like the most important thing we can do to be truly religious is to visit orphans and widows in their distress. And that's where most…

Passage Read: James 2-3 Meditation Verse: 2:25 Rahab believed God would overthrow Jericho and so she acted. She didn't just believe and give up, she welcomed the spies and pleaded for her life and the life of her family. Whether her family also believed, Scripture…

Passage Read: James 4-5 Meditation Verses: 4:15-16 I do not know the details of God's plans for me or anyone else, so to make declarations about events or actions or the future is presumptuous on my part. If the Lord should give me a revelation,…

Passage Read: James 2-3 Meditation Verses: 2:1-5 How easy it is to fall into this trap, seeking the favor of rich men and ignoring or belittling the poor, especially when we are involved in an endeavor that depends on money. A church, a mission agency,…

Passage Read: James 4-5 Meditation Verses: 4:7-10 Living for my own pleasures is friendship with the world; James links these two things. The only solution is to purify my heart and mind, to stop loving the world and being its friend. Either I love the…

Passage Read: Hebrews 13 - James 1 Meditation Verses: James 1:6-8 There should be no doubt when asking for wisdom, because God does want to give it to everyone. It is not hard to find: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of it,…

Passage Read: James 2-3 Meditation Verses: 3:16-18 Earthly, natural, demonic wisdom ignores bitter jealousy and selfish ambition. It denies the existence of such things in the heart and justifies every expression of bitterness and jealousy and selfish ambition. So it produces disorder and every evil…

Passage Read: James 4-5 Meditation Verses: 5:6-9 Twice in his letter, James warns believers against complaining against one another or judging each other. But in both cases, he is rebuking wrong behavior! He is judging believers, pointing out their faults and calling them to repent!…