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Daily Devotion – How to drive your enemy crazy!

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7-8 (NIV) Scripture is full of contradictions. OK, I can see the steam coming out of your ears. I sense the cry of “heresy” forming on your lips. So let me gently assure you: I...

Daily Devotion – James 4:8-10 – Fully Draw Near to God

As I was reading one of my favorite series, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, there was a moment within The Prince Caspian that never stood out to me before. After Aslan has been away for hundreds of years, Lucy thinks she sees him, but after her other siblings...

Daily Devotion – James 1:2-4 – Joy in the Trials

“Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:2-4 HCSB In...

Daily Devotion – James 2:13 – Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. James 2:13 ESV Mercy triumphs over judgment. What a beautiful thought! What is mercy? The dictionary defines it as compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is...

Daily Devotion – James 1:2-3 – Consider It Pure Joy

“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.” James 1:2-3 Pure joy? Well, I don’t know about that. I have all of these things happening...