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March 27
Friday


I'M INNOCENT!

READ:
James 1:19-25
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Be doers of the Word,
__James 1:22
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All of the students at a school in florida--2,550 in total--were in trouble. A message system notified every parent that their child (or children) had detention that weekend for bad behavior. Many kids pleaded their innocence, yet some parents meted out punishment anyway. One mother, Amy, admitted that she yelled at her son and made sure he showed up for his detention of Saturday.

To the relief of 2,534 kids, and to the embarrassment of some parents, they discovered that the automated message was sent in error to the entire student body when only 16 kids actually deserved detention! Amy felt so bad about not listening to and believing her own son that she took him out for breakfast that Saturday morning.

We all have stories to tell about circumstances that have shown us our need to listen before we speak. We're naturally tempted to come to quick judgments and react angrily. The book of James gives us these three practical exhortations to deal with life's stressful situations: "Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath" (James 1:19).

In life's stresses, let's be "doers of the Word" (v.22), and take the time to listen and show restraint with our words and anger today. __Anne Cetas
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`````````````````A judgment made without the facts```````````````
`````````````````````````Is sure to be unfair,```````````````````
````````````````````So always listen to both sides__``````````````
`````````````````You'll find the answer there. __Branon````````````
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Listen to understand, then speak with love.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ James 1:19-25************

19 So then, my beloved
brethren, let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak,
slow to wrath; 20 for the
wrath of man does not
produce the righteousness
of God.

21 Therefore lay aside all
filthiness and overflow of
wickedness, and receive
with meekness the
implanted Word, which is
able to save your souls.

22 But be doers of the
Word, and not hearers only,
deceiving yourselves. 23 For
if anyone is a hearer of the
Word and not a doer, he is
like a man observing his
natural face in a mirror;

24 for he observes himself,
goes away, and immediately
forgets what kind of man he
was. 25 But he who looks
into the perfect law of
liberty and continues in it,
and is not a forgetful hearer
but a doer of the work, this
one will be blessed in what
he does.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In this passage, James talks about how we can control our tongue:
be swift to hear, slow to speak , slow to wrath (v.19). To succeed,
we need to do more: to humbly accept the Word of God (v.21), to
intently look and closely examine what it says (v.25), and to do what
it says (vv.22, 25). In a later chapter (3:1-2), he discusses the dangers
of not controlling the tongue. __Sim Kay Tee