James 1:12-18 (Passion Translation) If your faith remains strong, even while surrounded by life’s difficulties, you will continue to experience the untold blessings of God! True happiness comes as you pass the test with faith, and receive the victorious crown of life promised to every lover of God! When you are tempted don’t ever say, “God is tempting me,” for God is incapable of being tempted by evil and he is never the source of temptation. Instead it is each person’s own desires and thoughts that drag them into evil and lure them away into darkness. Evil desires give [...]

Robbie McDonough James 1:9-11 (The Voice)  9 If you are a brother of humble means, celebrate the fact that God has raised you up. 10 If you are rich and seemingly invincible, savor the humble reality that you are a mere mortal who will vanish like a flower that withers in the field. 11 The sun rises with a blazing heat that dries the earth and causes the flower to wither and fall to the ground and its beauty to fade and die. In the same way, the rich will fall and die in the midst of their busy [...]

Rachel Fisher, Children’s Ministries Communications Specialist James 1:2-8 (NRSV) 2 My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; 4 and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. 5 If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. 6 But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the [...]

Your Content Goes Here Rev. David Horton  James 1:1  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.   Reflection: Today’s devotional is brought to you by Adele. James, too. But mostly Adele. The singer and songwriter Adele released “Hello” in 2015. It’s a song about a lover who keeps calling her partner and leaving voicemails long after the two have broken up. They’re not together anymore but that doesn’t stop one of them, the singer, from reminiscing about what they used to have. The singer keeps calling the [...]

When I was in elementary school, I had a pen pal named Pauline. She lived in Juneau, Alaska, and we kept in touch for a couple of years. I loved having a pen pal for many reasons, but I think my favorite reason was it was just so exciting to receive a letter in the mailbox just for me and that I was invited to write back. This new edition of the Daily Habit, we will be looking at the letter from James. This letter is filled to the brim with moral instruction. Reading it, we could keep this [...]