Podcasts about James 1

Have you ever read something that made you stop and ask, "Am I living this out, or just listening?"Today, Rachelle Alessi invites us to look deeper into the book of James together. We'll explore the difference between merely hearing God's Word and truly living it, discovering how putting faith into action shapes our identity and blesses every area of our lives.Let's gather as a community to pray and devote ourselves to not just hearing God's Word, but doing it, allowing our actions to reflect the love and truth He calls us to share.Tap HERE to send us a text! Our podcast family is growing - introducing Men's Morning Devotional! Our dad, Steve Alessi, and all of our husbands are now hosting their own 5 minute devotionals every weekday - for men who want to become better husbands, fathers, and leaders! Listen, follow and subscribe here - MensMorningDevotional.comSupport the showNEW VIDEO EPISODES! You can now watch our video episodes on YouTube, Apple Podcasts AND Spotify! NEW TO MY MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome! We're four sisters - Stephanie, Lauren, Gaby, and Richelle - and our family works together at Metro Life Church in Miami, FL. We're so blessed to produce this daily devotional podcast for you and continue the great work done by the show's founder, Alison Delamota.We pray these devotions will help you to grow in your faith, and that you'll join us every weekday for a morning prayer and some time in God's Word! JOIN THE MMD COMMUNITYSubscribe to the showShare with a friendJoin our newsletter Follow Us on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Facebook⁠⁠Leave a reviewMORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYEnjoy more podcasts from Metro Life Studios, including:The Family Business with The AlessisMen's Morning DevotionalThe Mary and Martha Show Available on our Metro Life Studios app!Get The Metro Life Studios app 

Why do temptations always seem to show up just when we're most determined to grow?In today's episode, host Rachelle Alessi invites us to explore the theme of temptation as we continue our walk through James 1. Together, we'll learn how temptation begins with desire, how God never tempts us, and how His word can strengthen us to overcome any challenge that comes our way. We'll reflect on what it means to stand firm, rely on God's truth, and allow every season, even the hard ones—to deepen our faith.Join us as we pray together, seeking strength and perseverance from God's word, and encouraging each other in our daily walk of devotion.Tap HERE to send us a text! Our podcast family is growing - introducing Men's Morning Devotional! Our dad, Steve Alessi, and all of our husbands are now hosting their own 5 minute devotionals every weekday - for men who want to become better husbands, fathers, and leaders! Listen, follow and subscribe here - MensMorningDevotional.comSupport the showNEW VIDEO EPISODES! You can now watch our video episodes on YouTube, Apple Podcasts AND Spotify! NEW TO MY MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome! We're four sisters - Stephanie, Lauren, Gaby, and Richelle - and our family works together at Metro Life Church in Miami, FL. We're so blessed to produce this daily devotional podcast for you and continue the great work done by the show's founder, Alison Delamota.We pray these devotions will help you to grow in your faith, and that you'll join us every weekday for a morning prayer and some time in God's Word! JOIN THE MMD COMMUNITYSubscribe to the showShare with a friendJoin our newsletter Follow Us on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Facebook⁠⁠Leave a reviewMORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYEnjoy more podcasts from Metro Life Studios, including:The Family Business with The AlessisMen's Morning DevotionalThe Mary and Martha Show Available on our Metro Life Studios app!Get The Metro Life Studios app 

Pastor Jeff Sparkman continues our series through the book of James, this week on the goodness of God. The greatest super power God gives to walk through discouragement, suffering, anger, and disappointment is Godly perspective. In tough situations, the enemy wants to take you to a place of selfish concern focusing on what you lack, but God wants to show you His goodness in every situation. Even the hard ones!

What if the battle you're facing isn't meant to break you, but to build something stronger within you?In this episode of the My Morning Devotional Podcast, Richelle Alessi begins a new journey through the book of James with James 1:1–8. These verses challenge us to look at trials differently, recognizing that the testing of our faith can produce perseverance, maturity, and a deeper trust in God.Richelle encourages us to shift our focus from the difficulty of the trial to what God may be developing through it. Instead of only asking, “Why is this happening?” we can begin asking, “God, what are You building in me?”In this daily devotional, you'll be encouraged to:See trials as opportunities for spiritual growth.Ask God for wisdom when you don't know what to do.Allow perseverance to strengthen your faith.Trust that God is working in you through difficult seasons.The battle may be uncomfortable, but it doesn't have to be wasted. With God, the challenges you face can increase your capacity, strengthen your faith, and develop the maturity you'll need for what comes next.Whatever you're facing today, remember: the trial isn't only about what you're going through. It may also be about who God is building you to become.What is God developing in you through the battle you're facing today?Tap HERE to send us a text! Our podcast family is growing - introducing Men's Morning Devotional! Our dad, Steve Alessi, and all of our husbands are now hosting their own 5 minute devotionals every weekday - for men who want to become better husbands, fathers, and leaders! Listen, follow and subscribe here - MensMorningDevotional.comSupport the showNEW VIDEO EPISODES! You can now watch our video episodes on YouTube, Apple Podcasts AND Spotify! NEW TO MY MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome! We're four sisters - Stephanie, Lauren, Gaby, and Richelle - and our family works together at Metro Life Church in Miami, FL. We're so blessed to produce this daily devotional podcast for you and continue the great work done by the show's founder, Alison Delamota.We pray these devotions will help you to grow in your faith, and that you'll join us every weekday for a morning prayer and some time in God's Word! JOIN THE MMD COMMUNITYSubscribe to the showShare with a friendJoin our newsletter Follow Us on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Facebook⁠⁠Leave a reviewMORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYEnjoy more podcasts from Metro Life Studios, including:The Family Business with The AlessisMen's Morning DevotionalThe Mary and Martha Show Available on our Metro Life Studios app!Get The Metro Life Studios app 

Troy Gambrell

How does faith enable us to face trials? How does the enemy take God's tests and turn them into temptation? Learn more in this sermon preached to Hillside Baptist Church in Eastman, GA on 8/30/26 by pastor Ron Jones.www.hillsideeastman.com

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Josh Hargrove speaks on temptation and sin as we continue our series through the book of James! As followers of Christ, it is important we understand what sin is, how it works, and how to defeat it so that we become a people so desperate for Christ-like holiness, that confession and repentance become as regular of a practice as worship and prayer.

Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. For episode 201 we catch up on the Cavs offseason, talk a little players and microphones and then focus our attention on James 1:19.  Download for iPhone and Android or stream at riverradio.com

Help Persecuted Christians TODAY: https://csi-usa.org/quickstart/ Christian Solidarity International On today's Quick Start podcast: NEWS: Street preacher seriously injured after being sucker-punched in the throat while sharing the Gospel in West Hollywood; Grace Community Church names Nathan Busenitz to succeed John MacArthur. FOCUS: Enes Freedom kicked out of a WNBA game. What happened, what Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White said afterward, and why the controversy matters. MAIN THING: Christian Pastor John Cao spent seven years in a Chinese prison. Now battling stage four cancer, he's racing against time to leave China and reunite with his wife and children in America. BIBLE VERSE: James 1:12 — “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial...” SHOW LINKS Radical Revelations with Raj Nair https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radical-revelations/id1888511250 Faith in Culture: https://cbn.com/news/faith-culture Heaven Meets Earth PODCAST: https://cbn.com/lp/heaven-meets-earth NEWSMAKERS POD: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/newsmakers/id1724061454

Matt Morgan

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Passing The TESTS: Our God-Given Opportunities James 1:2-6; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 10:17 Session 3 - August 23, 2026 Review: The tests are inevitable! The internal decision that changes perspective! Faith can be developed under pressure, stress! The powerful, God-given gift of Wisdom! Our internal, spiritual perspective can be greatly affected by our natural senses and choices! (Gates into our soul) The Spirit of Truth and the Word of God are the Gatekeepers to our soul, our “Inner House”. The Choices of Our “Gate”: Self-gratification or The King's Best? Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus! (Hebrews 12:1,2) Looking intently, giving attention to: an ongoing discipline! Prayer, worship, confession of the Word. JOY: A Settled Result! Conscious prayer for the Lord's filter on what I continue to view! Stop looking in the Rear View Mirror! (Past hurts, failures, etc.) Stop the replays! (Romans 8:1,2; Hebrews 10: 17; 1 John 1:9) Stop rehearsing offences (Ephesians 4:32) Forgiving as forgiven in Christ. Heirs … Not Orphans! (Romans 8:16, 17)

James 1:1-18 | PROOF Series by Excel Youth

2026-08-16 (James 1.16-18 The Names of God) by Trinity First SF

Pastor Jeff Sparkman continues our series through the book of James, this week on the topic of trials and suffering. How we steward the trials of our life determines how we grow. We can come out with joy and maturity, or we get bitter and stay stuck with a victim mentality. God doesn't cause our trials - but He will use them to refine and mature us! How will you respond?

Matt Morgan

A sermon in our series, James: Faith That Works.The Village Church is a community formed by the gospel and sent on God's mission to make, mature, and multiply disciples of Jesus. We gather in the heart of downtown Hamilton, Ohio, with the hope that God might be made known in every part of His city through every part of our lives.For more information about The Village, visit us online at myvillagechurch.com.

James 1:19–27 warns that hearing God's Word without obeying it can become self-deception. Pastor Chris Jessee explains how the Word takes root as we receive it with humility, respond in obedience, and see its effects in everyday life, trusting Christ and depending on the Holy Spirit for change.

Book of James - Living Our Faith

Rev. Michael Davis preaches on the book of James

Episode Summary James warns that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Jim Van Gelderen explains how the soul can be driven by changing circumstances, moving between faith and doubt and often producing anger, discouragement, or sinful coping. This message diagnoses the danger of a divided soul and points toward the engrafted Word as the answer developed in the next episode. Topics Discussed The meaning of saving the soul within Christian sanctification The spirit, soul, and flesh in the Christian life How circumstances and sensory evidence can produce wavering faith The connection between unbelief, anger, discouragement, and sinful coping Lessons from Elijah after Mount Carmel and Israel at Jericho Prayer opportunities for WAR Special Forces and the Thee Generation Youth Summit Key Takeaways Spiritual instability grows when circumstances decide whether God can be trusted. The flesh cannot be reformed; it must be crucified as the believer depends upon Christ. Unchecked doubt often expresses itself through anger, discouragement, or destructive responses. The Word of God remains true even when sensory evidence appears to say otherwise. Recognizing a double-souled condition prepares the heart to receive the engrafted Word with meekness. If you've been encouraged by this podcast, please take the time to give us a five-star rating and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the Thee Generation for others. For more faith inspiring resources and information about joining Thee Generation, please visit theegeneration.org.

Pastor Jeff Sparkman begins Week 1 of our new series through the Book of James! As the physical brother of Jesus,  James spent decades doubting his brother's divinity until the resurrected Jesus appeared to him. That encounter transformed a skeptic into a man who would lead thousands, pray until his knees hardened, and die proclaiming Christ's lordship. James could have introduced himself with impressive titles, but he chose “servant of Christ.” That humility exposes the poverty of identity built on degrees, titles, followers, influence, or family name. Authority becomes most refreshing when it does not need to advertise itself, because God remembers faithfulness even when people forget names.

Gem Of the Day (G.O.D.) about asking for Wisdom

2026-08-09 (James 1.13-8 - Development of Sin or God's Firstfruits, Which Are You?) by Trinity First SF

Matt Morgan

A sermon in our series, James: Faith That Works.The Village Church is a community formed by the gospel and sent on God's mission to make, mature, and multiply disciples of Jesus. We gather in the heart of downtown Hamilton, Ohio, with the hope that God might be made known in every part of His city through every part of our lives.For more information about The Village, visit us online at myvillagechurch.com.

Joy in trials? Really? M. Scott Peck wrote, “Life is difficult – this is a great truth. Once we accept it, life is no longer difficult.” It turns out that an essential unlock code to a meaningful life includes embracing the reality of adversity. | James | Series: Whole Hearted - A Study Of James

Message from Andrew Hopper on August 9, 2026

Can I trust God is good when life is hard?

Passing The TESTS: Our God-Given Opportunities James 1:2-6; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 10:13 August 9, 2026 The Power of Joy! James 1:2 - A decision must be made … and reinforced! Tests are inevitable. A promised powerful result! 1 Corinthians 13:4 – remembering God's main motive and character! (Ephesians 2:4; 1 John 4:7,8,16; Romans 5:8) Patience; patient endurance is critical in our development. (See Romans 12:2; Philippians 2:13; Romans 8:29) Tests, Trials, Temptations are inevitable in this fallen world (due to the world system, our flesh, the devil). These tests come in varied, multiple ways! (Relational, physical, spiritual, financial, etc.) The enemy's agenda is to attack our Faith! God can and does USE tests, trials to develop our Faith, increase our connection to Him! Enemy agenda - destroy; God's agenda - development. James 1:3,4 – God is “working on something”! (Hebrews 6:15) Faith and Patience are Partners! The Test won't endure forever or destroy you (1 Corinthians 10:18) Joy is supernatural energy! Joy is given by the Lord and deposited in your re-born spirit by the Holy Spirit. (John 17:13; Romans 15:3; Galatians 5:22) The Joy of the Lord is my strength! (Nehemiah 8:10)

Join as Pastor Ben challenges us in regards to trials. How should we respond when things go wrong? 

The Testing of Your Faith (James 1:2-4) Justin Kleiner Download

When You Are Tempted, Part 2 - Garret Reynolds

Having established that the Bible can be trusted and accurately understood, the next question naturally follows: What should believers do with it? The answer is straightforward. God's Word was never intended to remain on the pages of Scripture or in the notes of a Bible study. It is to be lived. The believer who approaches the Bible only for information has missed its ultimate purpose. The one who receives it, believes it, and obeys it experiences the transforming work of God through His Word. That is the burden of James 1:19-25 and the heart of this message, “Doers of the Word.”

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2026-08-02 (James 1.12 - Blessing, life, and promises) by Trinity First SF

Belonging Before Becoming opens our series through the book of James by showing that living faith begins with belonging to Jesus Christ