James has had to rebuke his friends for going to war with one another. But what’s produced such behaviour? Their failure to live by faith
False confidence
Under pressure
Pressure in life can drive us down bad paths. Satan loves to use that fact to tempt us.
Unanswered prayer
Sometimes, we ask God to relieve our distresses and pains, but nothing changes. Why?
Pollution
Our behaviour in tough times of life shows the real state of our faith in the Lord.
Be perfect
The words we hear from the Bible need to be words which change us. Too easily we can fail in that when struggling…
Quick to listen, slow to speak
James is teaching his Jewish Christian friends, now having to live far from home, how to handle their hard trials.