What is your prayer life like? Is it exclamations without transformations? Is it chart topping in lyrics but lacks the power to topple hell? is it doctrinally sound but detached from The Divine because we focus on being correct over being connected? James gives us 3 commands that cause us to examine and exercise the power in prayer. Does your prayer have power? Stay tuned, more power coming your way as we examine The Prayer That Works from James 5.

Every single person who has ever lived and will ever live will admit that the world could do with more patience. But isn't it funny how everyone wants others to be patient with them, but fails to see that we also need patience with others, this problem with patience is not something that medication, self help of rest can fix, this is a spiritual problem and the answer is the fruit of The Spirit. Today I want to challenge you form God's Word to cultivate the fruit of...wait for it.... Patience!

Will you take a 5 day challenge with me to be mindful to cultivate Spirit fueled patience? Stay tuned I'll tell you more.

We all have times when we have regretted what we said or did, weather it was an investment, a relationship or a career choice. Regrets come because of not recognizing what could happen in the future. What causes you to make choices? What causes you to use words and actions to chase after what you are chasing after? God has given us one life, are we spending it wisely, or is it a DEAL GONE BAD? If you are living in regrets, today is your day to come into the wisdom of Jesus that will guide, guard and protect your purpose in the decisions you make. Get your bibles ready in James 4, we're addressing DEAL GONE BAD!

Conflicts are inevitable if you are here on this earth. Nobody has to teach us to have conflicts, but on the contrary we have schools and degrees and jobs that focus on conflict resolution. Are you in a conflict right now? The bible pin points us to the source of conflicts, and surprise, (it is not personality differences). It also warns us of the consequences of remaining in conflicts and then encourages us with the cure for conflicts. Are you conflicted over conflicts? We're in the book of James chapter 4, let's learn of to be peacemakers by resolving conflicts God's way.

Let me ask you a simple question, ready? Are you wise? It is a tricky question, because there are so many factors that decides if a person is wise or not. One person can be extremely knowledgeable in an area of life but be absolutely foolish in another area of life. One person can be very wise in understanding but ignorant in it's application. The only person who lived with knowledge, understanding and was the perfect embodiment of wisdom is Jesus. Jesus' little brother James, was a practical person and in James 3, he brings the implications of wisdom to practical application to encourage believers to grow and become more and more like Jesus. Ready to grow? ready to be challenged? Ready to become more and more like Jesus? Get your bibles to James 3, here comes the warning on wisdom.

So many songs are written about WORDS! How can words have such a profound impact on our lives? We were created by The Word and there is a deep longing for The Word, and isn't it beautiful that Jesus shows up and took the title of The Word that became flesh and dwelt among us? Praise The Lord! But what do you do when unholy words, accusations, false assumptions, lies, and outright words of death infiltrate our lives and even worse our churches? James is confronting this blatant habit of believers starting wild fires from hell with the help of their tongues. Are you burn victim of words? Or are you the fire starter that is burning up your blessings? Stay tuned, The Eternal Firefighter is on His way, He quenches the fires of hell in every believer's life - Are you ready to be carried out to safety and set free?

After years of going to church, participating in mission trips and raising children in church the enemy still attacks believers in the war between faith and works. The weariness of working for salvation can leave you feeling hopeless, and relying on faith devoid of works can leave you in doubt, both extremes are Satan's playground in a believer's life. James confronts these extremes and simply states, that faith without works is dead, and he puts meat on this truth in chapter 2. This is where we are going to be, if you are tired of the tug o war of faith vs. works stay right here, you are going to be equipped to walk in victory.

Charity and good works are common and expected in a Christian community, but the bible calls us to even greater depths of care and love. The bible challenges us to look past a person's disabilities, poverty and circumstances and focus on their purpose. This is a message that has to encourage you if you feel inadequate to be a part of God's Kingdom to serve, and it is a call to those who take for granted their status and have begun to look down on those who might not have the qualifications or resources. James tells it like it is, we'll be in chapter 2 in the book of James.