What life-changing events our God designed for the world to behold and embrace.  What a magnificent birth!

During WWII, Hundreds of thousands of men enlisted to sail on merchant ships across the Pacific and Atlantic. Two hundred forty-three thousand mariners served in the war, and 9,521 perished while serving. 

It’s harder to judge someone else when looking at your sin. God never uses fear, guilt, or shame because compassion draws us into forgiveness, and we also need to give grace, mercy, and love to one another.

No matter what failures have occurred in our past or how wrong we may have been, there is no situation so impossible or so great that God will not provide all that is needed to meet the challenges of our pain.

Jesus declares, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.”

What requirements have you heard of as must-haves for prayer to be powerful or effective? James’s letter provides reasons we can trust in the true power of prayer.

We rely on Him for everything, even our very being, and no one can serve Him effectively without being connected to the True Vine by faith.  "Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing" (John 15:11).

Have you ever struggled with what you should be praying for? Are there limits to what we can ask? We are not left to wonder what God wants us to pray. In his letter, James has provided four identifiable prayers we can confidently bring before God.

So many people struggle with the assurance of their salvation. They begin to play the guessing game, and questions flood their minds.

Ask God to teach you how to walk through this time of heartache and despair, and trust Him to do His will in you.