bread and water

1.       Pray a prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord and praise Him for something He has done this week.   Pray Psalm 91 over your family.   This is great Scripture to add to your prayer time. 2.       Read James 3:13-18.   Do you think there is a difference between worldly wisdom and godly wisdom?   What is worldly wisdom?   What is godly wisdom?   3.       The kind of wisdom that you have will show forth in your actions.   Are you bitter or envious towards people?   Are you always in the midst of strife and conflict? 4.       The wisdom from above, from God, is pure and peaceable.   Worldly wisdom causes envy and strife among other things.   God desires that we be at peace with people in all our relationships.   A lot of times if someone is envious or jealous of another person it causes strife and confusion.   You cannot control what other people feel, except through prayer.   You can control how you treat others.   I have been jealous of people in the past and I will take it to God in

1.       Open your Bible Study with prayer and song.   2.       Read over James Chapter 1 and 2 and let the Holy Spirit remind you of the truths you have learned.   Don’t be afraid to mark in your Bible and underline meaningful verses. 3.       Read James 3:1.   James is talking to believers in this verse.   The word “masters” in the original language means “teachers”.   We should not desire to be a teacher for the wrong motive of being in front of a crowd or holding a title or position in the church.   Another reason that not many should desire to be teachers/masters is because we are held accountable for teaching the Word of God correctly.   We do not want to be responsible for leading someone astray with wrong doctrine.   I must write these devotions with great care that I am not misleading anyone. 4.       Read James 3:2-5.   These verses are talking about the tongue.   Like a bridle in a horse’s mouth and a helm on a ship, the tongue is literally small but it can control many thin