Coach C's Neighborhood

James 5:13 | Prayer and Praise for a Balanced Walk. Coach C reads today's Family Wins Devotional. Episode 66. It's a beautiful day to be a neighbor. Today's Family Wins devotional reflects on James 5:13 — "Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise." JamesContinue reading "James 5:13: Prayer and Praise for a Balanced Walk"

It's a beautiful day to be a neighbor. Today's Family Wins devotional reflects on James 5:12 — "All you need to say is a simple 'Yes' or 'No.' Otherwise you will be condemned." A mortgage is a promise to pay. Break it, and you may lose a house. A treaty is a promise to protect.Continue reading "Episode 65: Let Your Word Be Your Honor | James 5:12 — Coach C’s Neighborhood"

It's a beautiful day to be a neighbor. Today's Family Wins devotional reflects on James 4:17 — "If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is sin for them." A pedestrian is mugged in broad daylight while a dozen spectators look on in detached curiosity. When questioned, theContinue reading "Episode 64: Doing Good by Getting Involved | James 4:17 — Coach C’s Neighborhood"

It's a beautiful day to be a neighbor. Today's Family Wins devotional reflects on James 4:7 — "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Why wave the white flag? The enemy advances against overwhelming odds. He is outnumbered and outmanned, a clearly beaten foe. And suddenly the victorsContinue reading "Episode 63: Why Wave the White Flag? | James 4:7 — Coach C’s Neighborhood"

It's a beautiful day to be a neighbor. Today's Family Wins devotional reflects on James 3:13 — "Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom." The clamor of raised voices turns the heads of everyone in the room.Continue reading "Episode 62: Truth to Be Lived, Not Debated | James 3:13 — Coach C’s Neighborhood"

It's a beautiful day to be a neighbor. Today's Family Wins devotional reflects on James 3:2 — "Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check." Be careful when you open your mouth. According to James, the unleashed tongue is an untamable beast. ButContinue reading "Episode 61: Engaging the Mind Before the Tongue | James 3:2 — Coach C’s Neighborhood"

It's a beautiful day to be a neighbor. Today's Family Wins devotional reflects on James 2:17 — "In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead." No one can live for long by inhaling but never exhaling. No one can stay healthy for long by eating but neverContinue reading "Episode 60: Faith Translated into Powerful Deeds | James 2:17 — Coach C’s Neighborhood"

It's a beautiful day to be a neighbor. Today's Family Wins devotional reflects on James 2:10 — "For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it." Obedience to God's will is not always convenient. Ask Noah (Genesis 6:13-22). Nor is it always logical. AskContinue reading "Episode 59: Good Intentions vs. God’s Intentions | James 2:10 — Coach C’s Neighborhood"

It's a beautiful day to be a neighbor. Today's Family Wins devotional reflects on James 1:22 — "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." A casual reader of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer might conclude the boy had a severe hearing problem. If he had heard AuntContinue reading "Episode 58: The Blessing on the Path of Obedience | James 1:22 — Coach C’s Neighborhood"

It's a beautiful day to be a neighbor. Today's Family Wins devotional reflects on James 1:2-3 — "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance." We start the book of James today, one of my favorite booksContinue reading "Episode 57: Learning in the Crucible of Life | James 1:2-3 — Coach C’s Neighborhood"