Words in Red

James 1:5-8

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  • Read John 13:34-35 34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
  • Read James 2:18 18 But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
  • Charles Spurgeon said: "I have looked back to times of trial with a kind of longing, not to have them return, but to feel the strength of God as I have felt it then, to hang upon God's powerful arm as I hung upon it then, and to see God at work as I saw him then.
  • Read James 1:5 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
  • Read James 1:6 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
  • Read James 1:7 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
  • Read James 1:8 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
  • Read Proverbs 9:10 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

  • John A Morrison said: "knowledge is the ability to take things apart, but wisdom is the ability to put things back together again."

  • Ask in the Greek is the word "aiteo." It means to beg, to call for, to crave, to desire, or to require.

  • Read Matthew 7:7-8 7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

  • Read 1st John 5:14 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

  • Read James 4:3 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

  • Read Luke 22:41-43 41 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

  • Bible commentator Edmond Hiebert says: to be double minded is to have two-souls. And the man who has 2 souls, one for the earth and one for heaven, will end up with neither.

  • Read Mark 9:17-24 17 A man in the crowd answered, "Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. 18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not." 19 "You unbelieving generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me." 20 So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. 21 Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he answered. 22 "It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us." 23 "'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for one who believes." 24 Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"

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Words in RedBy Travis Fowler
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