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Today is Wednesday December 16, 2009 and we are studying the book of James, please read the book

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Today's Message: Want God's Attention
While having faith in God is wonderful, we must realize that faith in God requires more than just saying, God hear my prayer. If we want God's attention we must be willing to do the work necessary to get it.

The book of James is the 20th book of the New Testament, the 59th book of the Bible, and contains 5 chapters. The author of the book is James and it was written to the believers who were among the twelve tribes of Israel. The purpose of the letter was to comfort believers who were undergoing trials for their faith. What we are to learn from the book is that faith is the foundation of works, but without works it is dead. As we discussed yesterday the Bible says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” - Hebrews 11:1-3. What does this mean, it means that faith is the core of obtaining the things hoped for with proof that it came from something that was not seen by the human eye. In other words, people whom have put their faith in God, whom is not seen, will receive the things hopes for and God Himself will prove that He is who He is. For example, a man at my church was diagnosed with brain cancer, we found out this past week that he has miraculously recovered from it and it has disappeared. This man had strong faith in God and knew that He would heal him.

Yes, God can and will heal all, sometimes not in a way that we would want, but we must realize that God is taking care of the individual, not us. I had an Aunt that had a tumor in her brain, she went in for surgery and it went perfectly. Then the surgeon went back in for some other reason and all of a sudden she was in a coma and three days later lost a good part of her brain, within a week she had passed away. Why? I believe it was because she lost her will to live, my Aunt was very active and to live the rest of her life in a bed or chair would have killed her so I believe she did not have the will to pull through it. If we do not have the will or truly believe that our circumstances will change nothing will in fact never change. “Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” - James 1:3-8. When we ask God for things any have any doubts that we will get them we are not putting our complete trust in Him. Do you think that He does not know if you truly have faith in Him to take care of your needs? If we do not trust Him we will not get what we ask for. “What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” - James 2:14-20.

Our attitude during difficult times tells a lot about our faith in God. Some people keep a positive attitude, no matter how difficult the situation they never give up hope of seeing a better future. Others have an attitude of desperation, they are prone to tell everyone about all their suffering, seeking as much sympathy as they can from anyone willing to listen. Yet, there are others who have a deeply negative attitude and they are prone to blaming others or even God for their problems instead of doing something about them. “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” - James 1:21-27. We can not live our lives angry and bitter or moping around because things are not going as planned. We must have faith and keep moving onward and forward. No matter how many people we tell our sorrows to unless we make a step forward we will never go any where. When faced with trials, do not get angry and walk around depressed, lift your head up high, seek God, and ask Him to help you. While you are at it try to be of help to others and pray for them too, the more you take your focus off your own problems the more blessed you will become.

Have a wonderful and blessed day/night and Merry Christmas
God Bless You,
Christina


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