Father, help us to get a lot out of our little study today and bless each of us as we go through this lesson. I thank You for providing Your written word so that we can know You. In Jesus Name, Amen!! Humility Cures Worldliness Pt 1 James 4:7-8 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Fact 1: Therefore submit to God. Meaning 1: Being submissive to God does not make you weak, You just need to follow the rules that He gave us and when He is telling you what to do you do it. Give your heart and soul to Him and allow Him to work in your life. Question 1: Lord, do I submit as You would want me to? Am I standing for You no matter what my heart feels? Do I submit wholeheartedly? Fact 2: Resist the devil and he will flee from you Meaning 2: When we start quoting scripture and praying when things happen we do not follow the devil but stand for God he will flee from us. We have to stand in God Question 2: Do I live a life that makes the devil flee? Am I standing for Christ in a way that makes it hard for the devil to be around me? What must I do to get to that point? Fact 3: Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Meaning 3: When we truly set our heart to draw near to God we will change the way we should live, we will become more like God and He will be in and around us stronger when we are drawing near to Him. Question 3: Do I stand in You to the strength that You will be near me? Am I working hard to draw ever closer to You each day? Fact 4: Cleanse your hands you sinners; and purify your hearts you double-minded. Meaning 4: Cleanse your hands, clean up the life that God gave You and live it for Him and let others see Him. And Purify your hears so that the thoughts and intentions of your heart are pleasing to God. Question 4: Do I stand for the right things Lord in my life and heart? Am I holding onto Your ways so that I can be clean and pure in all my ways? Take Away!! I need to continue to hold onto God and be the person that He wants me to be. To draw near to Him and hold onto Him in all things. I need to be sure that I am doing the things I need to do to keep Him foremost in my thoughts. Father, thank You for such a good message today. We will learn to hold onto You and give each other great and mighty gifts. Me give my heart to You and You sustaining my life. In Jesus Name, Amen!!
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Father, please help us to have a wonderful study and a good time knowing that others are studying along with us and Your Word never returns void. In Jesus Name, Amen!! Pride Promotes Strife Pt 2 James 4:4-6 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” Fact 1: Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Meaning 1: We must keep our hearts and lives in tune with God's word and live for Him. When we allow ourselves to get to into what the world is doing we lose sight of the true life that God has for us. Question 1: Do I live my life for God? Am I living a life that is pleasing to Him and far from the worlds ways? What more can I do to keep my mind and heart focused on God and His will? Fact 2: Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously?" But He gives more grace. Meaning 2: Our God is a holy jealous God, He has the right mental jealousy that is pure and good because He misses us when we get away from Him. He does not want to lose us to the world. Question 2: Am I causing God to have to be jealous because of my life? What do I need to do to make sure that I am standing in His Word and being focused on Him daily? Fact 3: Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." Meaning 3: We need to make sure that our heart is not prideful because God will resist you when you have a proud heart. You need to be humble is spirit and heart. Not weak, but meek and humble. Question 3: Do I stand in humility before God? Am I willing to step back and do something else to keep me from being proud over the life that I am living? Focus on God and not the world? Take Away!! I need to make sure that my attitudes and actions are pleasing to God and humble in spirit. I need to put God first and stand in Him both in the world and away. Father, thank You for reminding us to be humble and close to You. For taking Your life and giving it to us so that we would in turn give our lives to You. In Jesus Name, Amen!!
Father, thank You for the wonderful day and the much needed rain. I ask that You will keep us safe today and help friends to see You through me. In Jesus Name, Amen!! Pride Promotes Strife Pt 1 James 4:1-3 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. Fact 1: Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Meaning 1: When we want what others have we war against them. It is our selfish desires that cause division and war in life. We do what we can to get things other have and get selfish. Question 1: Am I coveting anything right now that I would have to put someone out of the way to get it? Is there anything Lord in my life that I need to confess before You? Fact 2: Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss that you may spend it on your pleasures. Meaning 2: God loves to give us 'good' gifts that are pleasing to Him. When we spend time asking God for things, He will do what is best for us, but we miss out on wisdom and joy because we do not ask Jesus for those things. God wants to give us wisdom and other edifying things. We just have to ask for the good things from Him. Question 2: Do I ask from You in the right way? Is there something that I have to do to stand and ask the right things? Take Away!! I need to learn to take the time to ask God for the things that will make me a better friend and person on earth and in heaven. Focus on His work and love and stand for Him daily. Father, Thank You for reminding us that we do not need all that we want and that we need to ask to receive the things that You desire us to have. In Jesus Name, Amen!!
Father, be with us today and help us to learn more from You and bless us with Your love and care. In Jesus Name, Amen!! Heavenly Versus Demonic Wisdom Pt 2 James 3:16-18 16 For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. Fact 1: For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing at there. Meaning 1: When we our focused on ourselves we allow the devil a foothold into our lives. Even as saved people we can allow him access to our hearts. We need to get away from evil not towards is. Question 1: Do I focus on God rather than myself? Am I doing better at that in these years? Fact 2: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Meaning 2: These things make up a wise Christian, to walk as this verse suggested, we need to know and follow Jesus at every moment. These are not things we can do on our own. Question 2: Lord, do I strive to live these things out in my life? Can I say that I am living for you in my daily life? Fact 3: Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. Meaning 3: To sow the peace or plant it in others lives we much live it. Peace will come when we know that God is in control and we wait for Him and speak for Him daily. Be a peaceful person. Question 3: Do I walk in a peace giving way? Am I peaceful and right with God? Take Away!! I need to make sure that i am living a life that is pleasing to the Lord and keep my life peaceful and unjudgmental as well. I need to have faith that God is in control. Father, thank You for a wonderful reminder of who we have to be in You. I praise you for all Your love and care. Please come quickly Lord Jesus. In Jesus Name, Amen!!
Father, thank You for allowing me to get better quickly to be able to be back at school. I am excited to feel good and get back to my Bible study too. We love You Lord. In Jesus Name, Amen!! Heavenly Versus Demonic Wisdom Pt 1 James 3:13-15 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. Fact 1: Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. Meaning 1: When we are wise and understand the knowledge that God teaches us through the Bible then we will have good conduct that is living a life that is right before the Lord. We will be able to live not as a weak person but a meek and full of wisdom. Question 1: Do I live with what others would say is a good conduct? Does my life show that I am saved and living for my Father in meekness with wisdom from Him? Fact 2: But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. Meaning 2: If we are not saved and our lives are not being lived for the Lord we should not say to people we know God if our lives do not show it or it is a lie. That lie is from the devil and not from God. When we lie we are going against God. Question 2: Do I always live my life as God would want me too? Do I often take the wrong attitude into my work so that I am not who God wants me to be? Do I keep at bay the lies that we would like to give so that we look better? Take Away!! I need to stay in the word and make sure that I am living the life God desires for me and that I keep to the truth and stand in Him in my life at all times. Father, thank You for reminding us to stand and follow Your will for our lives that we would be able to call ourselves Yours. I love You so much and want to stand in You. In Jesus Name, Amen!!
Father, please give us a good day and be with those we know who are struggling right now. I ask that we would have a good study and realize just how much God is trying to teach us about bridling our tongue. That is a big one. In Jesus Name, Amen!! The Untamable Tongue Pt 6 James 3:11-12 11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? 12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh. Fact 1: Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh. Meaning 1: Yes it is the same thing again for us to hold our tongue and stand for God. We need to get this, we need to hear God and take to heart the need to hold our tongue back and try taming it. Question 1: Do I stand for You Lord? Do I hole my tongue in check? Am I working to be more of You than me? Take Away!! I need to make sure that I am using my mouth to praise God and hold onto His ways and not use my mouth in blasphemy.! I need to make sure what comes out of my mouth is edifying to the Lord. Father, thank You again for reminding me to keep my mouth in check at all times. Bless us and keep us safe. In Jesus Name, Amen!!
Father, I ask today that You will impart truth to us and give us more life in You when we obey and follow You. In Jesus Name, Amen!! The Untamable Tongue Pt 5 James 3:9-10 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Fact 1: With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who have been made in the similitude of God. Meaning 1: We are allowed to do as we please in most things, but we need to stop that, and focus on our God and blessing Him and others around us. God made us in His image so we should treat all people with respect and love. Question 1: Do I stand in God and speak those things that He desires me to do? Am I careful not to allow bad to come out of my mouth in curses or untruth? Fact 2: Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Meaning 2: We are not to be cursing one minute and blessing God the next. Our minds and mouths should be focused on pleasing God and bringing others to Him. Question 2: Do I try to reach people with the blessings from God? Am I one that allows her mouth to run away with her at times? Take Away!! I need to make sure that all things that I say and do are in the will of God so that He can use me to reach others. I need to be His alone and have a tongue that speaks truth. Father, I am grateful for all the love that You show us and ask that You would be with us and keep us close to You and blessing others. In Jesus Name, Amen!!
Father, thank You for another day and the heat at least is not freezing us. I appreciate that You take care each day, please help the heat people to come soon. Give us another good study and bless our hearts as we open the Word today. In Jesus Name, Amen!! The Untamable Tongue Pt 4 James 3:7-8 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Fact 1: For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Meaning 1: We have no way to tame the tongue except through God. He alone can contain the bad stuff and keep us from sin. Question 1: Lord, do I give You my tongue and allow You to take control? Am I good at giving in to the thoughts of You? Take Away!! I need to make sure that I always keep my mind focused on God so that my mouth speaks good. I must need to think before I speak every every time I talk to others. . Father, You have blessed us with Your Word and it says we need to tame the tongue, so help us really think before we talk. In Jesus Name, Amen!!
Father, thank You for taking the time to send Jesus and create Your Word. We are so blessed to have the Son of God who loves us as well as the Father and Spirit as well. In Jesus Name, Amen!! The Untamable Tongue Pt 3 James 3:5-6 See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. Fact 1: See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. Meaning 1: Our tongues get us into trouble most of all. It is a tool that we can use to bless and still curse too. We need to find a way to control what it says and what we allow out of it. Hold your tongue is not an easy quest but a necessary one. Question 1: Do I do a good job at holding my tongue now? Am I strong enough to hold it around those that I know and wish to speak out? Fact 2: The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. Meaning 2: Our one speech or even just a few words can ruin a whole lot of people around us, it is a huge thing to speak out and it cannot be taken back, those words will forever be there in your life. Question 2: Do I watch what I say and stand in the truth of God? Am I standing with my mouth closed to all but the things that He wills me to say to others? Take Away!! I need to keep my mind on my tongue and hold it at all times. Think before I speak and speak only God's will with love. Father, thank You for another reminder to keep and hold our tongues that normally get us in the most trouble. In Jesus Name, Amen!!
Father, thank You for a great time with You and the time to study Your Word and learn more from You as to how we should be. I ask that You will watch over us and hold onto us with all Your love. In Jesus Name, Amen!! The Untamable Tongue Pt 2 James 3:4-5 4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Fact 1: Look also at ships; although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. Meaning 1: We use a small rudder to move big ships, and it takes a small thing to be able to move us where God wants us to be. We need to be willing that God should be the one to move us and keep us going. He is the one that we want to change our lives. Question 1: Do I stand for God and be moved by Him and allow Him to direct my paths? Am I standing in the way of the Lord when He tries to move me? Or do I allow Him access to all of me and changing what He desires? Fact 2: Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Meaning 2: It is our tongue that gets us into trouble and keeps us from being the witness that we desire in life. In James 3:10 it says: Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. We need to watch our tongue and practice holding it back away from evil. Question 2: Do I watch my mouth? Am I good at holding my tongue for the sake of God in my life? Can I be a bridled person with God in control? Take Away!! I need to keep praying for me to be able to hold my tongue and just listen more. Be someone who allows God to guide her and keep her going the way that He alone wants her to go. That is who I want to be. His and His alone. Father, I am so blessed to have you watching over me and those around me. Keep our lives holding onto You and keep blessing us with the life that You desire us to live. In Jesus Name, Amen!!
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HaniniyaI am Haniniya and I am from Bethlehem, Judea, Israel and I love the Lord and walk in His Word. I want to share His Word with You each day. Past Studies!!
July 2024
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