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Christian Devotional – November 30, 2015
Read James chapter 5 VERSE: James 5:1–Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. TRUTH: Starting a new chapter now, James is going to move into talking about how people who have trusted in their wealth are experiencing misery. This isn’t usually what we think of when we picture rich people. We must change our perception of what it means to be successful for riches and money aren’t the definition of success. While many people in the world would argue against this, as a believer in Christ, our relationship to Him and showing Him that we love Him daily through our…
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Christian Devotional – October 12, 2015
Read James chapter 2 VERSE: James 2:6-7–But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong? TRUTH: Favoritism doesn’t work well for anyone. Here the believers were favoring the rich, but James reminds them that favoring the rich has really done anything for them. The rich still curse God, still drag the believers into court, and still work to exploit the believer. Their catering to the rich hasn’t done anything for them and as a result, they have…
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Christian Devotional – October 11, 2015
Read James chapter 2 VERSE: James 2:5–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? TRUTH: We do not see as God sees. When we look at situations and at people, we don’t see the same things that God sees. God, in His wisdom, has chosen those things that are poor, lowly, and seeming not much in the eyes of the world and has often allowed them to be beacons of faith, obedience, and love. Regardless of the material possessions that God has…
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Christian Devotional – September 24, 2015
Read James chapter 1 VERSE: James 1:11–For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plan; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business. TRUTH: Why should the rich take pride in their position as children of God and not in their riches? The answer is right here in this verse. Riches are here one moment and gone the next! Just as investment brokers for Wall Street and they can tell you how the make and then lose money in an instant, circumstances happen and change in an instant that results in a quick…
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Christian Devotional – September 23, 2015
Read James chapter 1 VERSE: James 1:10–But the rich should take pride in their humiliation–since they will pass away like a wild flower. TRUTH: Yesterday I shared about how the poor should take pride in being a Child of God. Today, in contrast, the rich should take pride, not in their riches, but in the fact that they realize what is important in life. The rich who are believers in Christ recognize that their riches are simply a tool that God has allowed them to have to bless others. Their money will pass away and is not eternal. They are to take pride in the fact that they’ve not become…
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Christian Devotional – January 30, 2014
Read Proverbs chapter 30 VERSE: Proverbs 30:8-9–Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or I may become poor and steal and so dishonor the name of my God. TRUTH: Would we have the courage to pray this? Many of us have asked God to bless us financially, yet this shows us the danger of having riches. It’s easy to put our faith and trust in the riches instead of God. There is similar danger in being poor and destitute. Do we pray…