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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
THE INVISIBLE ENEMY "Good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite" has been spoken by loving mothers to their children for decades as they gently tucked their little ones to sleep and wished them a good night. The phrase itself carries within it the gentle reminder of a younger age and ...read more
Scripture: James 1:19-27
Tags: Sin Bondage To
THE GRADUAL ROAD TO HELL In C.S. Lewis’ book The Screwtape Letters, we read the story of an older demon counseling a younger demon. At one point in the book, we read these words: "You will say that these are very small sins, and doubtless, like all young tempters, you are anxious to be able to ...read more
Scripture: James 1:13-15
Tags: Sin Deceptive, Risk Of Sin
SENDING THE VERY BEST Someone has composed the following list of "Cards You'll Never See at Hallmark": "Looking back over the years that we've been together, I can't help but wonder.... What was I thinking?!" "I've always wanted to have someone to hold, someone to love.... After having ...read more
Scripture: James 1:19-25, Philippians 1:3-30, Matthew 25:31-46
Tags: Joy, Friendship General
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
ANGER VS. ANNOYANCE A young girl who was writing a paper for school came to her father and asked, "Dad, what is the difference between anger and annoyance?" The father replied, "It is mostly a matter of degree. Let me show you what I mean." With that the father went to the telephone and dialed a ...read more
Scripture: James 1:19-20, Ephesians 4:26
Tags: Anger
COMMUNION: IN REMEMBRANCE A man was working in his backyard one day, when his neighbor began talking to him over the fence. He said, "Yeah, my wife and I went to one of those seminars yesterday, you know, where they teach you ways to improve your memory and such." His neighbor commented, ...read more
Scripture: James 1:19-21, James 1:19
Tags: Lord's Supper
Denomination: Baptist
The Parable of Water There are a lot of things I could compare when it comes to living in the world, sexual sin, the lust we have for objects that are shiny; but, I’ve decided that I’m not going to. I’ve decided to discuss two different liquids. One of them is water and the other is Coca Cola. ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 106:1-12, James 1:16-19
Tags: God's Goodness, Kingdom Of God, Temptation General
Denomination: Salvation Army
I’ve done a lot of funerals in my twenty plus years of ministry, far more than I thought I would ever do. Every service touches me in a unique way and with each funeral I seem to come away with a life-lesson I needed to hear. Recently I was taught a valuable lesson as I eulogized a certain man. ...read more
Scripture: James 1:19-25
Tags: Communication, Listen, Ears, Hearing
Some years ago, while our family was vacationing in the high Sierras, we decided to visit a small county fair near the town of Quincy. There weren't many people there that morning. In fact, we were about the only ones visiting the carnival rides. So when I climbed into the Tilt-O-Wheel with my ...read more
Scripture: James 1:14-15
Tags: Sin, Sin Cycle
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
An engineer and a professional counselor meet for their 20th college reunion. The engineer says, “I’m surprised to see you looking so young. I’d have thought listening to people’s problems all day would have ...read more
Scripture: James 1:19-20
Tags: Listening, Hypocrisy
A gentleman decided to withdraw from society and its busyness. He joined a monastery and took a vow of silence.At the end of each year he could say two words. At the end of the first year of absolute silence, he met with his supervising monk and was given the opportunity to say two words. With ...read more
Scripture: James 3:1-12, James 1:19-21, James 1:26
Tags: Words, Complaining, Tongue
Denomination: Pentecostal
I recently attended a “White Coat Ceremony” for first year medical students. During the ceremony the incoming first year students receive a white coat symbolic of the beginning of their journey into the medical profession. Before the white coats were distributed the Dean of the college introduced ...read more
Scripture: James 1:19, James 1:19-20, James 3:3-12, Proverbs 10:19
Tags: Wisdom, Communication, Hear, Hearing, Listen, Listening (view more) (view less)
How is it that the sunlight gives us such joy? Why does this radiance when it falls on the earth fill us with the joy of living? The whole sky is blue, the fields are green, the houses all white, and our enchanted eyes drink in those bright colors which bring delight to our souls. And then there ...read more
Scripture: James 1:17-27
Tags: Feeling God's Present, Not Feeling God's Presents
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Here is part of a story by Gabrielle Moss? I've been known to waste massive amounts of time using mirrors to do respectable, adult things, like trying to straighten my bangs. Surely you've had the pleasure of breaking a mirror and having some helpful person inform you that you have now ...read more
Tags: Examination Of Self, Seeing The Real Person
WHAT IS THE GREATEST ACT OF LOVE? The kiss is mentioned 23 times in the Bible. To hold hands is mentioned 12 times. For a total of 35 times. LISTEN is in the Bible 353 times. HEAR is mentioned 382 times. Listening is 19 times… For a total of 754 times… To hear and listen is mentioned 33 times more ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:9, James 1:19, 2 Timothy 4:3
Tags: Listening, Slow To Anger, Slow To Speak
Denomination: Assembly Of God
Have you ever had a week where everything went just perfect? Neither have I. Every Monday morning, I plan a perfect week, and I try my best to stick to that plan. My problem is simply, I do not know the meaning of the word "perfect." So I asked The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage ...read more
Scripture: James 1:19
Tags: Attitude, Grouchy
Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance
Why do we need to pay attention to what is being said if it is the same old thing that we have heard before? Maybe we need practice in what we are hearing. A young American engineer named Billy was sent to Ireland by his company to work in a new electronics plant. It was a two-year assignment ...read more
Tags: Hearing God, Hearers And Doers, Tests Of Faith, Tests Of Love, Listening, Paying Attention, Pay Attention (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
There is a made-up story about a man who had a dream about heaven. The story is not true but the point it illustrates is true. In this story a man had a dream he died and went to heaven. He toured heaven and it was marvelous just as he imagined it would be. He sees mansions, streets of gold and ...read more
Tags: Doers Of The Word, Do What It Says, Doing, Great Sermons, James On Doing, Practical Faith, Not Hearers Only (view more) (view less)
As a young person, I was fascinated with clowns. My first encounter was at a circus I attended with my family. The main character in the circus was the clown. When I first saw those clowns, I was scared almost to death. I've never seen anything as scary as those circus clowns. That began my ...read more
Tags: Humor, Circus, Clowns
Eve’s descent into depravity is an illustration of James 1:14-15: “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.” This is the Bible’s description of sin’s slippery ...read more
Tags: Temptation, Sin, Satan, Eve, Garden Of Eden, Backsliding (view more) (view less)
I recently drove my adult son to the airport for a trip he was taking with some friends. He lives in Arkansas but was flying out of DFW, so he drove to our home in Denison to spend a little time with us. While he was gone I drove his car a few times just to make sure it was running well. I guess ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:7, James 1:17
Tags: Giving, Give, Generosity, Generous, Stewardship, Steward, Selflessness (view more) (view less)