Category Archives: James

Reading:

James 4:1-8

We sure do hear a lot about all kinds of conflicts — personal, congregational, national, international.

Wars and rumors of wars and expectations of wars — collisions of interests and agendas and rights and plans popping up everywhere.

What’s with that?

Well, in this blog I don’t attempt to speak much to what’s happening in the world among the unredeemed. So…what’s with these things taking place in and among God’s people?

From whence come wars and fighting among you?
come they not hence,
even of your lusts that war in your members?

Ye fight and war, yet ye have not,
because ye ask not.

Ye ask, and receive not,
because ye ask amiss,
that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

The Scriptures say in James 4:7,8,10 -- Submit yourselves therefore to God
from James 4:7,8,10

Reading:

James 3:7-18

Doth a fountain send forth at the same place
sweet water and bitter?

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts,
glory not, and lie not against the truth.

This wisdom descendeth not from above…

For where envying and strife is,
there is confusion and every evil work.

And the fruit of righteousness
is sown in peace
of them that make peace.

[The Scriptures say in Psalm 37:11 -- But the meek...shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace]
from Psalm 37:11