James teaches us about temptation and sin.  James 1:12-15 “Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.  Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am tempted by God’; for God cannot […]

Jesus was highly critical of the religious leaders of His time because of their hypocrisy.  One of His biggest criticisms was that they did many of their works to be seen by men.  Matthew 23:5-10 “But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders […]

Do you know what it feels like to have a need?  I suppose that each one of us has needs.  We all need air to breathe and food and water to sustain our bodies.  We probably all need love and have a need to feel a purpose in our lives.  We all need God and […]

James taught us to ask God for wisdom.  James 1:5-8 “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.  But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the […]

Jesus gave us a great lesson about serving as recorded in John 13:3-17 “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself.  After that, He poured […]

Have you ever hated someone?  Or is there someone you now hate?  To hate is to intensely dislike or have malicious feelings toward someone.  It may be because of what he has done or said to you or perhaps done to someone else.  You may wish that you could pay him back or that something […]

Each day, you and I make hundreds of decisions – what we say, what we do, what we do in preparation for the future, how we react to problems we experience, how we react to people we interact with, and so forth.  Some decisions are small while others are large.  Some decisions are easy to […]

Consider the story about Jesus recorded in Matthew 19:16-26 “Now behold, one came and said to Him, ‘Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?’ So He said to him, ‘Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want […]

I wish I could say that I never sin, but that would not be true.  The apostle John wrote in 1 John 1:8 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”  Sin is literally a “missing of the mark.”  If the mark is what pleases […]

I have trials and everyone I know has trials.  So I’m pretty confident that you have trials too.  Here is what James wrote about trials.  James 1:2-4 “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.  But let patience have its perfect work, […]