Submitting to God James 4:1–10 Submit yourselves therefore to God. James 4:7 James calls us “adulterous people” (v. 4) because we have committed spiritual adultery against God. He speaks of a friend of the world being God’s “enemy.” What James has in mind here is the fact that we have rebelled against God’s rightful rule

Tongue Control James 3:1–12 No human being can tame the tongue. James 3:8 You and I cannot control our tongues, but God by the power of his Holy Spirit within us can control them. Let me give you three helpful principles, based upon the fact that the tongue speaks what the mind thinks. 1. Present

Judgment and Mercy James 2:1–13 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. James 2:12 James says that the favoritism we practice but think of as unimportant is actually a very serious sin. It is a sin that will bring us into judgment. If you break

Benediction of Peace Hebrews 13:20–21 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant . . . Hebrews 13:20 This benediction tells how God has become a God of peace to us rather than a God of wrath.

What Is Faith? Hebrews 11:1–7 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for. Hebrews 11:1 Faith is believing God and acting upon it. But let me break this down into faith’s three elements. Faith has an intellectual element. Biblical faith is faith in God and in the promises of God. So we do not