Monday June 13, 2022

Monday – June 13th – James 1:21     -----     
 
1:21)   Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
 
The Daily Walk Bible inspirational thought for today:
      WE HAVE NO POWER FROM GOD UNLESS WE LIVE IN THE PERSUASION THAT WE HAVE NONE OF OUR OWN.*
 
    Welcome to Monday!! Wow, we are (or maybe are we) ready to start another week of living and another week of ministry on behalf of the Kingdom of Heaven. As we begin this week our inspirational thought can help set the stage for how we approach this week. Keeping things in proper perspective is an important ingredient in a fulfilled Christian life. All of our worthy and worthwhile accomplishments are a direct result of the Holy Spirit working in and through our lives. When we allow the tempting of the evil one to diminish God’s role by mistakenly increasing our role in life’s successes, we discover kingdom accomplishments become fleeting. As this week begins let us agree to keep our eyes focused on the power of God. And this week be in prayer for the SunRise adult mission team who left early this morning for Appalachia to serve in rural Kentucky.

     In our pick verse today, James continues teaching on the importance of obeying God through the way we serve the Kingdom. The transformation that comes to the life of a new believer requires that all of our old ways are left behind. Any habits, thoughts, or actions that try to remain from our pre-Christian identify is the overflowing of wickedness that James states must be intentionally laid aside for the sake of the Gospel witness. As believers we are to have the word of God implanted into our being through the unchanging truth of scripture. It is believing in God’s perfect word, will, and way that forms a basis for our new life in Christ. A necessary discipline of our Christian journey is to regularly take inventory that our old ways of being, and thinking, have not found a way to creep back into our new character.

Blessings
  Pastor Jim
Tuesday – June 14th – James 1:22

*Tyndale. The Daily Walk Bible NLT (Daily Walk: Full Size) (Kindle Locations 30561-30562). Tyndale House Publishers. Kindle Edition.
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