This morning, James 1:4 “jumped out” at me!
James 1:4 [James Moffatt Translation]:
Only, let your endurance be a FINISHED PRODUCT, so that you may be finished and complete, with NEVER A DEFECT.
Last night I remembered a couple of old hymns we sang in my childhood going to Roman Catholic mass. They are “Shepherd of Souls in Love Come Feed Us,” and “O Sacred Head, Surrounded.” I can still sing most of the lyrics because we repeated them during many Sundays [and some weekday masses at the RC school I attended] in my youth. They do show a love and appreciation for what Christ has done for us.
The American musician and singer Janis Joplin wrote a song called
Paul taught Timothy to walk by God’s spirit and to use the spiritual abilities that he had in Christ. One specific encouragement he gave can be applied to our lives.
We have names for our days of the week based on old Nordic deities. Here’s a new way to look at your week.
Let’s keep our hearts in God’s heart,How could a God Who is Spirit show himself to humans? By creating His own life and nature into a woman so that human could be born with all the attributes of God. That person was Jesus of Nazareth.
The American evangelist Billy Sunday once said, “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.” The only church that Jesus founded is a spiritual one. Men and women may do their best to form fellowship units within the body of Christ, but our true spiritual unity comes from ABOVE, not by pulling ourselves up by our own denominational bootstraps.
It’s a new day, the sun is rising,
And as I look, and see God’s beauty,
Read in His book, and do my duty,
I’ll live for Him, and shine like His Son,
Each victory win, until the day is done.
Chorus:
Oh Lord, I thank you for Your kindness,
Oh Lord, I thank you for Your joy,
Oh Lord, I thank you for Your goodness,
And I’ll praise you with ALL I am,
And ALL I have to give.
How many times should I forgive someone? Peter had the same question.
Matthew 18:21:
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?