Its not that God cannot intervene to release His provisions without prayer, it’s that He won’t. It is His sovereign decree that has established prayer as the bridge between the spiritual world–where His word is settled forever and the material world. John Wesley makes this statement: “God will do nothing but in answer to prayer.”

Anger is a heinous sin because it reveals the animal nature of man.

James 1:12: Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. And a mature faith, lacking nothing.

Humility is oftentimes misunderstood by many. I have come to realize that, it is first of all, a vital state of a man’s heart that reflects in everything he or she does. Not always does it have to do with ways of dressing and talking, but more the condition of the human spirit of a [...]

The many kinds of trials help develop our faith. In the Greek text, the word translated as pure is the word pas which is a primary word meaning all, every, and whole or thoroughly. So, it is a place of maturity to experience thorough and pure joy (or, in other words: real!) in the face [...]

James does not identify himself as a leader of the church or brother of Christ, but rather as a servant of God and Jesus Christ. He is writing with a true Christian perpective of leadership. (See 20:26). His reference to the twelve tribes appears to be a symbolic description of the scattered people of the [...]

The most important thing is to submit to God–and that means submitting to the temptation He has allowed. Jesus submitted to being tempted in the wilderness because He knew His Father had a hand in it. Knowing this gave Him resolve and comfort that He was not alone in the battlefield. Many give up, grow [...]

James 1:4: Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If you hang on, you will mature. Things may get very rough. But, mature faith does not lack anything. “Perseverance” is also replaced with the word “patience” in some translations. Patience is perfected when we come to [...]

Temptations draw on your weakness. But, Satan did not take the fruit and put it in Eve’s mouth. He can tempt but he cannot force. Adam and Eve were totally responsible for their actions. When God allows temptation, He is going after what remains of your “lust.” You will continue to be tempted until the [...]

Jonathon Edwards compared a sinner without God’s grace to a spider with no more than a fragile web keeping him from falling into the fire of hell. Man, by judging God’s law, plays at being holier than God. God, the divine lawgiver and judge, is able to save or destroy, and so James concludes with [...]

Born into sin through Adam, we enter the world spiritually bankrupt and with a death sentence already on us. James is reminding the twelves tribes (to whom this epistle is addressed)…and to us that because of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ having this word (Jesus=word) planted within in us it, and it only, [...]

A man who views himself in a mirror, leaves, but has to look again to remember is vain. But, so is the man who knows the word, but it produces nothing. Memorization is fine but mobilization is better. Memorization without mobilization is deception….and not just deception, but self-deception. We trick ourselves into believing we are [...]