God’s ways are past finding out, but God’s time to act is never too early or too late.

The one thing above all others that God wants us to learn is to trust Him. When trials and severe suffering strike us, we should turn to God and trust Him. This is the very thing He wants.

Imagine what must have been going through Joseph’s mind at this point, shortly after he was incarcerated. He was not only innocent, but he had also resisted blatant temptation over and over again. All the man knew at this painful moment was that he...

The workings of God’s providence are indeed awesome, and this ought to be a great source of encouragement to us in the difficult circumstances of life. “He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth.

It is a story where we see God at work. The hand of God is in every scene ruling and overruling the decisions that people make. And in the end, God builds a hero, saves a family, and creates a nation that will in turn be a blessing to the whole world.

Prayer is certainly a high and holy privilege. To think that, as God’s children, we can come freely and boldly to His throne and share with Him our needs! Seven times in this section James mentioned prayer. The mature Christian is prayerful in the...

As you review this section, you can see its practicality of it. James wanted to encourage us to be patient in times of suffering.

If money talks,” said a popular comedian, “all it ever says to me is goodbye!”

But money was not saying “good-bye” to the men James addressed in this section of his letter. These men were rich, and their riches were sinful. They were using their...

Dr. A.W. Tozer used to remind us that the invisible world described in the Bible was the only “real world.”

Understand this. God does not play hide and seek. He wants to reveal Himself to you. It might come as a surprise to you that God wants to lead you even more than you want to be led. God is concerned about revealing His will to us today. We need to...