Today I want to take a few minutes to look at Jesus’ answer to the question; “Which commandment is the greatest. He is being asked about his priorities in following God’s law.

In answer, Jesus declares we are to love God and love our neighbor and this declaration demands our honesty about our priorities. Our priorities reveal whether or not we live in God’s kingdom.

God is in the heart restoration business, he desires to give you a new spiritually healthy heart, he does this first through Jesus and then continues to breath life into our hearts through the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit.

A well guarded heart leads to resilient, healthy, meaningful ,God-shaped living.

God wants us to see who we really are and to do this we must be honest about the connection between our tongue and our heart. The tongue reveals the heart and what we find in the heart is a need for the grace of Jesus.

God both warns us and encourages us in how we use words, we need to respect there power, use them to guide others well and be every wary of the destructive power of our words.

James is calling you and me away from insignificance, ineffectiveness and lifelessness into vibrant life that comes through the transformational power of God.

James warns us to avoid stagnation which comes from deception and into true life that results from encountering God through his word through listening and doing.

Every Christian is called by God to embody humility. In humbleness we find access to eternal life and through humbleness we can bring our loved ones to the threshold of redemption.

You and I cannot encounter the righteousness of God as long as we are trying to produce righteousness on our own, so beware.

Trials are often anything but joyful, but the Christian is called to approach trials with joy, letting the power of Christ redeem trials by bringing forth steadfastness and maturity inthe believers’ life. In short, the Christian responds to trials with joy over the eternal reward wrought when faith endures through hardship.

Blessed are those invited to the marriage banquet of the Lamb, for God reigns and saves; so we respond with readiness, and anticipation in our worship. Today, no matter what you are facing, you can be strengthened by the anticipation of heaven and the reigning power of God.