Both suffering and joy are experienced within the presence of God. Jesus set the example, noted in all the gospels as regularly taking time to be with the Father. All the apostles stood together in their teaching, urging believers to commune with God through all of life’s experiences. Continue reading James: Power of Prayer
A wise person lives in humility, submitting their life to God, allowing the Holy Spirit to inform and conform their thoughts, their feelings and thereby their words and actions. Continue reading James: Spiritual Wisdom
We are far better off to just come clean with God (and ourselves, for that matter) and confess that we do have sin because . . . we really do. Continue reading 1 John 1, To Acknowledge Sin is to Be Given Hope
Cleansing and pruning are not God’s punitive correction, rather they are God’s wisdom at work, creating within us the character, and developing within us the capacity to bear much fruit. Continue reading Gospel of John: Bear Much Fruit
