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Comments on James Chapter 1, Verse 1 “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.” You will recall that there are four men in the New Testament we know as James. They are, James the son of Alphaeus, James…

Chapter 4, Verses 20-23 “To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.  Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.  All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar’s household. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.” And…

Chapter 4, Verse 18, 19 “I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ…

Prayer Aims Let’s take a few moments to think about our personal prayers. If we examine them closely can we establish a theme? Do we pray for the same things or types of things? If so, what is our desired outcome? Do we pray for us to do God’s will…

Chapter 4, Verse 17 “Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.” Paul needed the gift and was thankful for the gift but his real joy was in seeing the growth of the Philippian church’s faith. What they did was a major help…

Chapter 4, Verses 14-16, “Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only.  Even in Thessalonica you sent me help…

Achieving Holiness We cannot achieve holiness by acting holy. Nor do we achieve holiness by incremental steps of obedience and faith. Then how do we achieve it? Where does it come from? To achieve holiness we must repent of sins but repentance does not within itself create holiness. We could…

Chapter 4, Verse 13 “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” This is Paul’s secret. His strength to overcome negatives in his life came from Jesus. He knew that Jesus was supplying his every need and so he had all he needed. Since Paul’s treasure was in his…