Learning from the God-breathed Holy Word.
The Book of James This is the last chapter of James. The younger brother of Jesus is writing to the Jewish Christ followers that are teaching Gentiles “the way”. That’s what the gospel was known as when the apostles were spreading the good news and people were accepting Christ as the Messiah. As you can …
James 5; A Warning to the Rich and Questions to Ask Yourself Read More »
Today we are looking at James chapter 4 and absorbing his wisdom about worldliness and boasting. For insight into all the colors you’re about to see, my method for studying scripture includes the Good Morning Girls highlighting method along with the context and some notes gathered from different translations and resources. Feel free to head …
James 3:13-18 You know when someone moves in from a different city, across the country, or a completely different country and has a hard time adjusting to a new way of doing things? A jewish believer accepting Christ was a major shift in their way of life. Teaching that to complete strangers who didn’t know …
I struggle with my words. Everyone does sometimes. Taming the tongue is not an easy task. Have you seen all those cute mugs and t-shirts that say “I love Jesus but I cuss (or drink) a little”? Do you get desensitized like me? It’s in movies, it’s in normal conversation. My FIL and husband have …
T.H.I.N.K. Think About Your Words; Wisdom on Taming the Tongue From James 3 Read More »
James 2 Context In this second chapter of the book of James, Jesus’s brother is teaching the Jewish believers scattered among the Gentiles. These Jews are teaching “the Way”, which was the teaching that Jesus was the Messiah and following Him. The book of James outlines general characteristics of a christian and exposes false teachings …
A Quick Bible Study Through James 2; Teaching About Favoritism & An Active Faith Read More »
Exodus 6 Pharaoh, Pharaoh, ohhhh baby let my people go, Hoo! Ok, I’m done singing. Everyone who grew up going to church remembers the story of Moses. Maybe you learned the song and hand motions too (if not, I can totally teach you! LOL). We were taught about his story of surviving the slaughter of …
Finding Hope in Times of Hurt Has Life Been a Struggle Lately? How has life been going for you? It has been a really hard summer of life storms for us. We’ve been dealing with sicknesses, death, and divorce that are happening simultaneously within our extended family. And I’ll be totally honest, life can kinda sucks …
Storms There are moments when you look at what has been happening in life and are 100% certain that the God of the universe orchestrated those events just for you. One of my earlier posts, A Perspective Overwhelmed spurred me to look into all the different attributes of God in David’s Psalms. I marked all …
David’s Psalm 5 I’ve been working for the past two weeks on going through the Psalms of David in connection with my two articles, A Perspective Overwhelmed and Turning Anxiety Around. I’m so super excited and should have it up pretty soon! But, we need some Jesus NOW 😉 so today we’re going to go …
What if someone were to give you this choice? Life or death? Would there be any of us who would have to think about what we would choose – for even a second?! One of my favorite parts of the Old Testament is when Moses and Joshua are speaking to the Israelite people preparing them …