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“ Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those […]

James 1:2-8 NRSVUE[2]  My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy, [3] because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. [4] And let endurance complete its work, so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing. [5]  If any of you is lacking in wisdom, […]

James 4:7b NRSVUE[7]  Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. https://bible.com/bible/3523/jas.4.7.NRSVUE διάβολος means slandering, translated devil. We see plenty of slander today, unfortunately. Definition: “the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another’s reputation” (Merriam-Webster). Wherever we see this, we need to resist it. Wha...

James 4:5b-10 NRSVUE[5] Does the spirit that God caused to dwell in us desire envy? [6] But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” [7]  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. [8] Draw near to […]

Jeremiah 17:5-13 NRSVUE[5]  Thus says the LORD: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the LORD. [6]  They shall be like a shrub in the desert and shall not see when relief comes. They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, […]