God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. James 4:3 NIV Two brothers were set on entering an international rowing race. They set themselves to finding the sponsorship money that would be needed to acquire the special boat and... Continue Reading →
Oh, how sad it is to see Christians satisfied with where they are with God. If they had truly met the Lord in personal experience, perhaps they would still be seeking more of Him in their lives. The truth may seem strange to human logic. But, when people actually come into awareness, and they... Continue Reading →
The days we live in now we are easily led to believe that we should personally be happy regardless of whether or not it makes anyone else happy. Separations are accepted more and more on this basis. Could we remember a time when we thought first of God and try to see again that He... Continue Reading →
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. James 3:17 NIV The Father had a large ranch. He had worked hard to make it into a place that could more than provide a living for all his... Continue Reading →
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. James 3:14 NIV A man worked himself up in the plumbing world. He worked hard and took care of his clients until the area where he lived began to depend on him. When... Continue Reading →
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13 NIV You never heard the woman put herself before others. She always made sure that everyone else was taken care of before thinking of her own... Continue Reading →
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. James 3:8 NIV They drove far out of the city into the African forest. When they arrived at the farmer´s house they had gone to visit, he was nowhere in sight. The children were anxious to get out... Continue Reading →
Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. James 3:1 NIV A young man who had learned to do gymnastics at his high school started teaching it as soon as he had graduated. It wasn´t long before he... Continue Reading →
It says a lot for the love of our Savior that He humbled Himself to come to us and die for our choices. The thought should humble us too. It should endear us to Him. It should give us a pattern to follow. Could we pray that it does?
Forgiveness, as we see it today, does not always go as far as Jesus or our Father in Heaven wants us to forgive. It needs to get down below our pain. It needs to get right into our heart to where it becomes a part of how we love our brother and sister in Christ.... Continue Reading →
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