More Than Skin Deep

by | Oct 20, 2020 | Morning Devotions

Verse: James 2:8-11 8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. 9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at...

Do We Dishonor the Poor?

by | Oct 19, 2020 | Morning Devotions

Verse: James 2:5-7 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are...

Looking Like Jesus

by | Oct 16, 2020 | Morning Devotions

Verse: James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Devotion At the very core of Christianity should be service. Yes, outward...

Worthless Religion

by | Oct 15, 2020 | Morning Devotions

Verse: James 1:26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. Devotion Throughout this book, James is going to make some pretty strong statements about the difference between faith...