The day with dianne Louise

Who is wise and has understanding among you? He should show his works by good conduct with wisdom's gentleness. But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't brag and deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, up spiritual, demonic. For where envy and selfish ambition exists, there is disorder and every kind of evil. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favouritism or hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace. James 3:13-18 There are times when I hope I am portraying wisdom. If my attitude is about me, then probably not. God works in each of us and to the degree we are moulded and shaped by His hand will be the degree of brokenness and fragrance that comes from our lives. Heavenly wisdom can be smelt. How? You might ask! Right now, today, is the first day of summer and there is a smell in the air. How do...

If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body. Now when you put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide the whole animal. And consider ships: though very large and driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest it ignites. And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell. Every sea creature, reptile, bird or animal is tamed and has been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. We praise our Lord and Father with it, and curse the men who are made in God's image with it. Praising and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers this should not be...

Indeed, if you keep the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, 'love your neighbour as yourself', you are doing well. But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the entire law, yet fails in one point, is guilty of breaking it all. For He who said, 'Do not commit adultery', also said, ' Do not murder.' So if you do not commit adultery but commit murder, you are a lawbreaker. Speak and act as those who are judged by the law of freedom. For judgement is without mercy to the one who hasn't shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement. James 2:8-13 The law of freedom is summed up by the apostle Paul when he wrote: ' therefore, ther is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death'. Romans8:1,2 The OT Law had many many hard to keep rules. But Jesus came to be the perfect sacrifice and fulfil...

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror. For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but one who does good work-this person will be blessed by what he does. If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself. Pure and undefined religion before our Gkd and father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself untainted by the world. James 1:22-27 We can go to church, sing beautiful songs, feel goosebumps, listen to a great message but go home unchanged. How is this? Unless we have a desire to, we will not change  and be open to God and we will stay the same. Are you content with who you are and whe...

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he/she should ask God, who gives generously and without criticising, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from The Lord. An indecisive man/ woman is unstable in all his ways. James 1:5-8 We are not expected to be clever in ourselves but to see our need for The Lord and go to Him. The more I rely on Him the better our relationship. I know I need wisdom, I know I do not know all things and therefore I turn to Him and He rejoices. God's wisdom is peaceful, it does not cause stress. I have to trust Him to give me His wisdom, and I know He will because He delights in giving wisdom. At times I would appreciate a divine download but I find wisdom comes grain by grain. Vision is divinely downloaded but wisdom I have to seek after. This leads me to understand how precious wisdom is. Wisdom belongs to God,...

Consider it a great joy my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. James 1:2-4 There we have the mention of trials again. What is the importance of trails? Unless something is tested, we do not really know it is real. You could make a pottery cup and until you fill it with water you will not know whether you completed it correctly and it does not leak or fall apart. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, like a cup. When bad things happen to us we discover whether we are able to contain God's glory or whether we have tried to mix it up with some old, unsaved nature and what comes out is oil and water, not suitable to drink, nasty stuff. In the book of Hebrews we are told: 'we are in need of endurance so that we might prove the will of the Father and go on to receive what has been promised. Hebrews 10:36 What s...

After they had evangelised that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch, strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, "It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way to the Kingdom of God." Acts 14:21,22 None of us want to hear this. We all want to be 'happy'. We think it is our right and continually strive for it. So, what is Paul saying? Notice he says 'pass through' many troubles. If anyone could say this it would be Paul. He was beaten, stones, scourged, shipwrecked and that is just the beginning. Yet he managed to 'pass through' many troubles. Ok! So how do I 'pass through' many troubles? The book of Revelation says: ' they overcame him(Satan) by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony.' Rev 12:11 Christians have a Saviour who has paid the price ( the blood of the Lamb) and the next key is very important: ' the wor...