Post by Woody Williams on Jul 20, 2007 5:03:10 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- James 2:14-17
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What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith
but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is
naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in
peace; keep warm and eat your fill," and yet you do not supply their
bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has
no works, is dead.
Devotional
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The book of James is part of the wisdom literature of the New
Testament. As such it puts emphasis on right action prescribed by
God's wisdom. Faith is interpreted in James as faithfulness in living
out the Gospel truth of love and justice. We are called to believe
the promise, to have faith in Jesus as God's Son and Savior of the
world. But, we are also called to walk faithfully in the new life of
God's "Spirit-directed" wisdom.
Prayer
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Help me act faithfully as well as trusting faithfully in your saving
work for me, O Lord. Amen
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What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith
but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is
naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in
peace; keep warm and eat your fill," and yet you do not supply their
bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has
no works, is dead.
Devotional
----------
The book of James is part of the wisdom literature of the New
Testament. As such it puts emphasis on right action prescribed by
God's wisdom. Faith is interpreted in James as faithfulness in living
out the Gospel truth of love and justice. We are called to believe
the promise, to have faith in Jesus as God's Son and Savior of the
world. But, we are also called to walk faithfully in the new life of
God's "Spirit-directed" wisdom.
Prayer
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Help me act faithfully as well as trusting faithfully in your saving
work for me, O Lord. Amen