Date: 6 Apr 2011
Passage: James 5:16
Sometimes confession in the community is needed for healing to take place. Let’s pray for one another and truly look to God for cleansing as we confess our sins.
Date: 5 Apr 2011
Passage: James 5:15
Whose faith is in question here? Examine your faith in God: how may you be used to pray for someone in need today?
Date: 4 Apr 2011
Passage: James 5:13-14
Remedies for the sick and suffering come from calling on “the name of the Lord.” What has “Let him sing praise” got to do with the remedies? (cf Col 3:16)
Date: 2 Apr 2011
Passage: James 5:1-12
How can James’ message of Christ’s return affect us in our use of wealth and in our response to suffering? How does knowing Christ’s “compassion and mercy” help us to rely on God’s salvation and not ourselves?
Date: 1 Apr 2011
Passage: James 5:10-12
In what ways could you learn patience from the three examples of a farmer, the prophets and Job (vv7-11) James mentions? How does v12 remind us to be honest and forthright in our daily speech?
Date: 31 Mar 2011
Passage: James 5:9
How is storing up riches the opposite of patience that waits in faith for God to provide? Are you tempted to hoard rather than to give and wait on God?