James 5:13-18 – “When a person is “among”  a Church they have a fortress as well as a family”

Acts 8:39 – “Baptism may dampen the outside but its obedience bubbles the inside with joy!”

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James 4:13-18 – “the words ”if the Lord wills” are not a magical formula for our plans but an expression of trust in our almighty God!”

1 Peter 5:7 – “when the devil is resisted, sin is removed, and saints are rejoicing”

Galatians 2:13 – “Public rebuke is an evidence of private love”

James 4:11,12 –“ Judgment without a desire to heal and help only produces hurt and hypocrisy.”

Acts 14:27 –“ Reporting on what God had done provided excitement to the senders, encouragement to the laborers, and exit to the called.”

James 4:1-6 – Lust will draw us to God or drive us from Him; it will make Him a friend or foe.

James 4:7-10 – Grace given is activated as we draw near to God.

James 2 – Faith & works: “the absence of evidence could be the evidence of absence!”

James 3 – The tongue: “Tongue control begins with heart cleansing.”

James 2:1-13 –“ Partiality needs the eyes of Jesus to see beyond the surface into the heart”

From a missions trip – “encouragement comes from deeds as well as words and results in renewed doing”

• From James 1:26,27 – “Real religion is being like Jesus”

• James 5:13 – “Church cheerfulness is expressed by chanting and other types of singing”