James wastes no time getting real with his readers. I just love reading his letters to the twelve tribes. He's my kind of preacher. He doesn't tap dance around the issues, but hits them head-on.
The major theme of the book of James is "faith without works is dead." That's the overall point of his letter. James breaks this down a little further though and tells us
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."
James 1:22 NIV
A few verses later, he tells us
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1:27 NIV
James gives us the big picture, but he also gives us some specifics on what our walk with God should look like. Last week, the Lord began to stir in my heart and my wife's heart independently with the same vision for City on a Hill. This vision involves our church ministering to orphans.
We're excited about this vision and what God would do through COAHC. We'll be spending some considerable time praying about what this ministry looks like as we move forward. We're asking our entire church family to please join us in prayer as our leadership begins to follow God's leading in this opportunity to minister to those in need.
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