Growing with the Word
Last night, I was at bible study with come girls from my dorm floor. We're reading through the book of James for both bible study and our main chapel series, and it's really a great book. Last night, we read James 1: 19-26, which says, "My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry, because human anger dow not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word by does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks lie. But whoever looks intent and continues in it -- not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it -- they will be blessed in what they do. Tho...