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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 ...

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 a...

My son is 5 years old and since September we have been using Landmark Curriculum for his Kindergarten homeschool .  It was going fine until the reading section got to the point that we both dreaded it.  The reading part was boring, dry and too long and "hard".  He did learn to read but It was not enjoyable for us and I even love to read!  They wanted him to read several pages of random black words on white paper.  I finally decided to switch our reading curriculum to Hooked on Phonics .   Someone had let me borrow it and we used it for Preschool but then I put it in the closet for some reason.  We have been using Hooked on Phonics for a couple weeks now and we absolutely LOVE it!  He brought it to me on Saturday and said, "Mom lets do our reading!"   It has colorful charts that you put stickers on for each little book they read so they see their accomplishment each day.  He loves looking at his ladder chart with titles of books ...

1.         Sing a song to the Lord and pray.   Confess your sins to Him and ask for forgiveness.   Thank Him for 3 things.   Pray for your family by name.   Pray for your church and Pastor.   Ask for wisdom and ask the Lord what He would have you do this week. 2.       Evaluate the past 10 weeks that you have done Moment with the Master.   Have you grown spiritually?   Can you tell a difference since you are spending time in the Bible and prayer? 3.       Read James 2:14-20 as review. 4.       Read James 2:21-23.   Look in your concordance in the back of your Bible to find the story of Abraham sacrificing Isaac.   Review that Bible story in Genesis 22.   5.       Abraham loved and trusted God enough and had faith to lay Isaac upon the altar.   But even this great act did not make Abraham righteous.  ...

Pray as the Lord leads with thanksgiving.   (Don’t forget to ask for wisdom!) 1.        Read James 2:10-11 and read Matthew 5:19-20.   Have you broken one commandment in your lifetime?   When we break one, we are guilty of breaking them all!   The Bible says there is no one righteous and we are all sinners.   Do you get into Heaven for the good you have done?   Do you get into Heaven for the bad that you do not do?   Read Romans 10:3 and Romans 10:9-13.   No, it is through the blood of Jesus and by grace through faith that we are saved.   It is by grace because we are sinners and do not deserve it!   It is through faith because we cannot see it. 2.        Read James 2:12-13.   Since we have all transgressed/broken the law and sinned in some area or another we should never judge those who have committed a sin.   When you judge someone for something they have done it can...

Congratulations!   We have finished James chapter 1!   Now lets move on to chapter 2 after prayer…remember to ask the Lord for wisdom and understanding. 1.      Read James 2:1-4.   Who is James talking to in these verses (vs 1)? He is saying, as a Christian do not show “respect of persons”, meaning don’t show favoritism.    Verse 2 goes on to explain the scenario…   A rich man dressed nicely and a poor man not dressed nicely come into the assembly.   The “brethren” (those in the assembly) show favor to the rich man and sit him in a good place.   They are ashamed of the poor man and want to hide him by standing him in a corner or under a footstool.   An example of this today would be two types of people that will come to our church.   One type is the middleclass people who dress right for church and look the part.   (The rich).   The other types of people are those who are poor, lost, distraught, and don’t ev...

1.       Pray, thank the Lord and ask Him for wisdom and understanding. 2.       Read James 1:22.   What happens to you if you only hear the Word and do not do it?   What can you be sure to do so that you are not deceived? 3.       Read James 1:23-25.   The Bible is the mirror and the perfect law of liberty.   Liberty is freedom.   Christ came to set us free, not put us in bondage.   Sin is what puts us in bondage.   What happens if we continue looking into the perfect law, the Bible, and doing what is says?   Give some examples of how sin can put you or others in bondage and slavery. 4.       Read James 1:26.   What does it mean to bridle your tongue?   Define the word bridle.   What is our religion if we do not bridle our tongue?   Define the word vain.   5.       Why do you think it is hard someti...