Нақшаҳои хониши ройгон ва садоқатҳои марбут ба James 1:23

Are you humble? Do you struggle with humility? Why is humility important? These are the questions this series tries to answer.

Life breaks us all so says Earnest Hemingway, but many are made stronger at the broken places. We will journey together through things in life that can break us and what God does in our brokenness to strengthen us and to bring beauty and joy out of our broken places. We will see what James tells us is the reality of trials, the response we are to have and the result of our response to those trials.

Something’s wrong. When should you speak up? When should you hold your tongue? These biblical reflections help you decide whether it’s the right time to use your voice at work.

Do you feel stuck in old ways? Hopeless that you can ever change? These guided audio meditations will help you reflect on learning new ideas and adjusting old ones. They will share gentle answers to help turn you away from anger and old claims of ownership to place your hope not in the things of the world but the guidance of God. Yes, old dogs can learn new tricks!

Vance K. Jackson leads readers in this life-transforming devotional. Hear and obey God’s Word. Choose to listen to what God has to say and then execute upon His Word. Be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only. Choose to hear and do. Hear and execute. Hear and diligently obey His Word. His Word is powerful. Let His Word transform your heart as you read this powerful message.

Do you know where you’re going? In the Bible, Jesus answers that question. And provides direction. These guided audio meditations will help you take that walk. A walk to encounter God. Walking and dwelling in the divine presence of God as He helps you find your way.

How would you describe your faith journey? Is it a well-established fire? Is it warming? Comforting? Does it push away the darkness? Or is it merely a spark? Not quite yet a flame? Hardly casting a shadow. These guided audio meditations will help recognize a spark from an encounter with God. And watch the spark turn to flame - pushing out fear and darkness.

We talk a lot about salvation. But what does that mean? This reading plan will give you a deeper understanding of God’s redemptive work in your life. Alan Platt explores three dimensions – past, present, and future – of salvation. You have been saved, which establishes your identity. You are being saved because you’re on a path to maturity. And you will be saved because God has secured your eternal future.

God is love. Jesus loves you in a unique, personal way. He does not see you as someone who is lost in the crowd; on the contrary, He sees you and looks at your heart. God invites you to have Jesus as an example—to love, to act and to speak like Him. In this reading plan we will discover more about it!

Pain can be a valuable tool. It's a message alerting us to pay attention. It could be physical pain, but most often it’s a painful relationship, habit, memory, or past. If you ignore pain, it can prevent you from living the new life God intends for you. But, by acknowledging pain and deciding to do something about it, you can start living and achieving in ways you never could before.

This 4-day plan on being open about your faith addresses the fact that it's not always easy. Each day provides effective steps to equip you to share your faith powerfully at work or anywhere you go so you can share your faith with confidence.

Few things spark greater anger than a betrayal. And carrying the pain and trauma with you can ignite an unquenchable resentment that leaves you hopeless and despondent. When you’re overcome with bitterness, you need to know there is a God who understands and can help reconcile your pain. This plan will help you understand your anger and how to extinguish it with peace.

Do you want to grow in Christ? Ultimately, God is the one who cultivates our hearts. He alone is the giver of life and growth. However, we have an essential role in the process. God, the Gardener of our Soul, calls us to partner with Him. This four-step plan will encourage you in your pursuit of holiness. Enjoy a new season of growth!

Believers need to study God’s Word and pray regularly. Many Christians wonder how to make these personal spiritual exercises effective. This devotional discusses the time, purpose, and content of our daily devotionals. It also discusses the variety of opportunities God has given us to worship Him individually. Every Christian should learn to engage in effective spiritual training that will profit them for this life and the life to come.

Anxiety, with its constricting fear for the future, can narrow our vision so that God’s gracious presence is harder for us to see. This four day series points to some of the ways that the Bible is speaking back to our anxious thoughts and fears. Phil Christman, the writer for this series, lives with anxiety and his reflections are based on his own experiences with faith and anxiety.

This plan will explore what the letter of James teaches us about growing into maturity in four major areas. 1) WHO GOD IS: God’s character and nature 2) WHO WE ARE: the identity of humanity and/or believers 3) WHAT WE BELIEVE: core Christian doctrines 4) HOW WE LIVE: putting faith into action

This plan is intended as a guide to discovering the message of James for yourself! Grab a notebook to jot down your thoughts as you are led through a process of: 1) Observing the text of James 2) Interpreting its original message to James’ audience in the first century 3) Applying the letter’s timeless truths to your life today

The Grow Course by Rob McFarlane gives you the essentials to grow in your relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ. We look at salvation, the Bible, prayer, and fellowship.

The heart-breaking repercussions of racism have dominated news and social media feeds around the globe in recent years. As followers of Jesus, it’s crucial that we consider our response to what can feel like an insurmountable problem. In this timely, compelling four-day plan, Sidhara Udalagama explores the roots of racism and the part we’re called to play in God’s redemptive, restorative work in the world.

Fear has an author. Understanding this is crucial if we are going to stand against the strategies used to provoke fear. Fear comes to steal, kill and destroy. But God gives life to the full. This reading plan seeks to give you tools for fighting fear and living free because God has not given us a spirit of fear but power, love and a sound mind.

Encouragement from a mom who launched her seven children and lived to tell about it. Part 4 of 12 devotions in this series from Robin Meadows.

Just as God first breathed the spirit of life into man in Eden, so we rely on Him to sustain us still. We survive by His power, through His word, and for His glory. To believe the Gospel is to live; to live is to obey. This is the freedom for which Jesus set us free.

Examine the book of James in three parts: the test of faith, the characteristics of faith, and the triumph of faith. Faith without works cannot be called faith. Faith without works is dead, and a dead faith is worse than no faith at all. Faith must be there, but it must be more. It must inspire action. Throughout his epistle to Jewish believers, James integrates true faith and everyday practical experience by stressing that true faith must manifest itself in works of faith. 

This Bible Plan is for anyone who is looking to super-charge your Bible time. Even if your Bible reading time has grown a little stale, it doesn't have to stay that way. This plan from Matt Brown, founder of Think Eternity, will help bring a fresh wind into your daily time in the Scripture.

James, the half-brother of Jesus writes in his capacity as a pastor to encourage and exhort his people dispersed in the face of difficulties. The primary theme of the letter is on living out one’s faith, being a doer and not just a hearer of the word. Though our context may be different, every single lesson still applies today.