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Watch you and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. (Mark 14:38)

These are the last couple of statements our Saviour made just before His passion. Jesus and the three disciples, Peter, James and John enter the garden of Gethsemane to pray. Jesus asks the disciples to keep watch and pray. The … Continue reading

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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. (James 3:17)

There’s a difference between wisdom and knowledge. Wisdom always comes with understanding where as knowledge is purely knowing something, like how a machine works, where is the Atlantic ocean and the like. Having shown you the difference, it goes without … Continue reading

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And when His disciples James and John saw this they said, Lord, will you that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah did? (Luke 9:54)

An interesting piece of conversation that takes place between Jesus and His disciples when Jesus was rejected in Samaria. In the days of Jesus, Jews never had anything to do with Samaritans and vice versa. Here, Jesus, being a Jew, … Continue reading

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But He gives more grace. Wherefore He said, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. (James 4:6)

A powerful, supernatural, successful, prosperous and healthy Christian is one who completely trusts in the grace of Jesus. To such a person, God is able to give more grace, more favour to continue living that supernatural victorious life. There is … Continue reading

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For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. (James 2:26)

This verse, on the surface seems to be contradicting the very message of grace, which declares that by grace are we saved through faith and not of works. A closer inspection of James’ statement reveals that it is not contradicting … Continue reading

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