Dodie Gadient, a schoolteacher for thirteen years, decided to travel across America and see the sights she had taught about. Traveling alone in a truck with camper in tow, she launched out. One afternoon rounding a curve on I-5 near Sacramento in rush-hour traffic, a water pump blew on her truck. She was tired, exasperated, scared, and alone. In spite of the traffic jam she caused, no one see ...
The great challenge of a Christian’s life is living the Christian life. Recognizing that I have entered into the most amazing, fulfilling, satisfying relationship I can imagine with my maker and my God and then letting the new life that Jesus has given me come out in my daily life.
James 1:19-27
this passage from James is the thesis of his entire letter
What is this saying:
James 1:19 ...
Temptation is COMMON!
Temptation, It is something we all deal with it. The temptation to buy that piece of clothing or that electronic toy. The temptation to make this generalized lie in a report. The temptation to cheat on this test or expense report; the temptation to fanticize about this other person in an inappropriate way; or the temptation to say this hurtful thing to this other pe ...
Last week we considered how wisdom for living our lives comes from God, He is the one who knows how life is to work and when we ask Him to give us wisdom, He will, but we must trust Him in what he says, believing that His ways are best.
James 1:5-6
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But when he asks, ...