by Web Team | Oct 29, 2013 | Glean
James 5:1-6 “Your gold and silver are corroded” Our value is without a nameable price. We cost the blood of the Creator’s Son, a member of the Triune God. We will not know how much we truly cost until we see and touch our marred Father. It is so easy to forget our...
by Web Team | Oct 28, 2013 | Glean
James 4:13-17 “If the Lord wills…” James is not saying that we should not make plans or have aspirations. He is simply pointing out a characteristic that we all have- pride. It is pride to think we actually have control of the things we...
by Web Team | Oct 27, 2013 | Glean
Psalm 89:11-37 This psalm is light. In the first part of the psalm the author is lifting up praises to the Lord, and then the Lord Himself speaks. God is declaring His Power, strength and will for David and his descendants. God speaks His character. He says His...
by Web Team | Oct 26, 2013 | Glean
James 4:1-6 Well this is clear; “friendship with the world is enmity with God”! Enmity in the meaning of being in active hostility. A friendship with the world- what a concept! The world may be the “popular” crowd and good looking. But they’re not exactly the...
by Web Team | Oct 25, 2013 | Glean
Wisdom. The “should we” questions of our lives we often bring to our friends…who are the same age as us and have no more experience or wisdom than we do. Or we go to the almighty internet, because surely we can trust the opinions of people we do not know anything...
by Web Team | Oct 24, 2013 | Glean
James 3:5-12 The tongue. Enough said- pun intended. Our mouths can send forth poison. We can destroy people’s spirit and break their confidence. Our tongues can also speak sweet and pleasant things that breathe life. What this chapter of James is saying, is that...
by Web Team | Oct 23, 2013 | Glean
James 2:26 “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” Our faith in Jesus is not something we take and hide and never speak about or use. It is to be displayed like a beacon. It is armor to be put on...
by Web Team | Oct 22, 2013 | Glean
James 2:13 “Mercy triumphs over judgement” Mercy is a word we humans are so familiar with because we need so much of it. As Christians we realize how evil we are, and how much more we need mercy. Mercy is best described as not getting what we...
by Web Team | Oct 21, 2013 | Glean
James 1:22 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” This is a verse that causes us to examine ourselves to see if our faith is really our own. Do we go beyond the Sunday morning, bible class, or occasional Christian...
by Web Team | Oct 20, 2013 | Glean
James 1:13-15 Temptation, it comes to all of us. It is so strong because it appeals to every aspect of our flesh. It’s when we let it settle, that it begins to consume us. When we entertain our desires, or the things we think we...
