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From Rags to Riches

From Rags to Riches

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. – James 1:21 When we read a verse like the one above, the tendency is to think of what we call the “bad”...
From Rags to Riches

Ready to Speak at Just the Right Time?

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. – James 1: 19-20 Have you ever “put your foot in your mouth?” I have great experience in this matter....
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He wants to see you flourish!

Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. – James 1: 16-17 Another translation of the first words above reads,...
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When Desire Runs its Course

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, brings forth death. – James 1:15 Some time ago, I heard someone comment that today’s “decisions determine the trajectory of our lives” and I think that...

Recognize the Source, Force and Course of…

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin,...
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Something to Boast About

Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man...