Scripture“Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.’”James 4:15 (ESV)Devotional ReflectionAfter exposing the illusion of self-sufficiency, James presents the proper response: submission to the will of God. The phrase "If the Lord wills" is not a Christian slogan to be added to our vocabulary. It is a posture of the heart. James is calling us to a life that is ...

Scripture“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.”James 4:13-14 (ESV)Devotional ReflectionJames begins by examining not merely what people are saying, but what their words re...

Scripture7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:7-10 (NIV)Devotional ReflectionThe g...