Read: James 5:16 | Too often, our petitions fit the description of prayer given by Thomas Brooks, who said, “Cold prayers are as arrows without heads, as swords without edges, as birds without wings; they pierce not, they cut not, and they fly not up to heaven. Cold prayers always freeze before they reach heaven.” […]
Read: James 5:7-8 | My sister in laws birthday party is this weekend. I plan to go and help with the setup, but the final edits on this posting are coming to me very slowly. It occurred to me that though I am in a hurry to edit and finalize this post, God is not! […]
Read: James 5:1-3 | Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), considered the greatest French short story writer, rose from relative obscurity to fame and wealth within ten years of publishing his first works. He bought whatever came to mind, a yacht in the Mediterranean, a large house on the Norman coast, a luxurious apartment in Paris. The […]
Read: James 4:17 | “If the Lord wills” was a common Greek expression (Acts 18:21; 1 Cor. 16:7), and a Latin motto, “Deo Volente,” (DV) for centuries for committed, pious Christians. The expression survived through the years. In fact, my 90+ year-old Grandmother still says, “If it is the Lord’s will” from time to time. […]
Read: James 4:7 | Image with me this plot sketch: A homeless man enters the First Church of Raymond mid-service one Sunday morning, and politely asks why Christians always talk and sing about sacrifice and carrying crosses and bearing others’ burdens and following in the footsteps of Jesus but so rarely do these things in […]
