KINGDOM: God chooses the poor who are rich in faith to receive His Kingdom - James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters. God chose the poor people in the world to be rich in faith. He chose them to receive the kingdom God promised to those who love Him. James 2:5 ERV

Quote: "God chooses the nobodies and transforms them into somebodies, so they proclaim the good news to everybody." - Hector Perez

Praise & Prayer
I praise You, Loving Father, for the different ways You work compared to humans and the wonderful ways You operate in our lives. Thank You for caring for the poor who love You and for choosing the down-and-outers of this world who are rich in faith to be citizens of Your glorious Kingdom. Holy Spirit, please guide me to someone today who is poor or believes the devil's lie that they are a nobody and are at the end of the line. Infuse their heart with faith to believe what God says and promises to those who love Him. I pray for their salvation and rebirth in Jesus' mighty name.

RELIGION: Caring for orphans and widows in their distress is pure and genuine religion in God's sight - James 1:27

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. James 1:26-27 NLT

Infallible Truth: "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit upon His glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in His presence, and He will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at His right hand and the goats at His left. “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed Me. I was thirsty, and you gave Me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited Me into your home. I was naked, and you gave Me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for Me. I was in prison, and you visited Me.’ “Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see You hungry and feed You? Or thirsty and give You something to drink? Or a stranger and show You hospitality? Or naked and give You clothing? When did we ever see You sick or in prison and visit You?’ “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these My brothers and sisters, you were doing it to Me!’ Matthew 25:31-40

Prayer to Care for Others
Abba Father, please give me a heart full of compassionate care, like the one Jesus has for orphans, widows, and those in need. Forgive me for my selfishness and self-centeredness. Holy Spirit, please help me control my tongue so that I never bring shame to the name of Christ by speaking condescendingly, using vulgar language, or being thoughtless with my words. Guide me today to an orphan, widow, or someone who is hungry, thirsty, homeless, poor, sick, or imprisoned by the devil. Use my care to reflect God’s Fatherly love for the hurting. Open their heart to believe and confess Christ Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. Hosanna [Save Now] in His mighty name!

BLESSED: If you are a doer of God's word, you will be blessed - James 1:25

For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it. James 1:23-25 NLT

Infallible Truth: “Anyone who listens to My teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it will not collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears My teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.” Matthew 7:24-27

Praise & Prayer
I want to be a doer of Your Word, Lord Jesus, and model my life after You. I praise You for choosing uneducated individuals and ordinary people like me and transforming our lives with Your living Word. I have experienced how Your Word gives me the strength of hope when I face unexpected crises, losses, or tribulations that rock my world. Holy Spirit, please teach me to be a daily reader and listener of the Holy Scriptures, but most of all, to live out the Word as Christ teaches me so that I can be a spiritual influence of God's love and grace to hurting souls, prodigals, and agnostics. I pray in Jesus' mighty name. I pray in Jesus' mighty name.

POWER: God's Word has the power to save your soul - James 1:21

So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the Word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls. James 1:21 NLT

Unfailing Truth: "So the Word [Chrust] became human and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father’s One and only Son." John 1:14; "This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe." 1 Thessalonians 2:13; "For the Word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires." Hebrews 4:12; "He [God] sent out His Word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death." Pslam 107:20.

Praise & Prayer
Almighty Creator, You speak the Word, and the dead come to life because nothing is impossible for You. I humbly accept Your Word and trust its ability to save my soul. Lord Jesus, I honor You as the Word of God who came into this broken world to rescue humanity from the wages of sin and eternal death. Please rid me, Lord, of all the filth and evil in my life so that I may grow to become more and more like You in 2025. Holy Spirit, please guide someone across my path today who is ready to believe and receive God's Word. Allow them to experience the power of God's Word as we pray, in Jesus' mighty name, for their salvation. 

PRIZED: God chose you to be His prized possession - James 1:18

He chose to give birth to us by giving us His true word. And we, out of all creation, became His prized possession. James 1:18 NLT

Eternal Gospel: "But you are A CHOSEN PEOPLE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR GOD’S OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." 1 Peter 2:9; "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth." Deuteronomy 7:6; "For we are God's masterpiece, created in the Messiah Jesus to perform good actions that God prepared long ago to be our way of life." Ephesians 2:10

Praise & Praise
As I read this wonderful scripture, my heart is overwhelmed with gratitude, Abba Father. I praise You for giving me a new birth so that I have become a prized possession of Yours in Christ Jesus, my Savior. No longer is my identity defined by my past blunders and transgressions but by who You say I am in Your beloved Son. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for saving me from my wretchedness and making me a new creation. Please guide me, Holy Spirit, to someone who feels like an outcast. Allow this truth, "God longs to give you a new birth and make you one of His prized possessions," to speak newness of hope into their heart as I point them to Christ Jesus and pray in His mighty name.

GOOD: Everything good that you have comes from the Father of Lights - James 1:17

My dear brothers and sisters, don’t be fooled about this. Everything good comes from God. Every perfect gift is from Him. These good gifts come down from the Father who made all the lights in the sky. But God never changes like the shadows from those lights. He is always the same. James 1:16-17 ERV

Praise & Prayer
I am no longer fooled, Father of Lights, and I acknowledge that all the good things and perfect gifts in my life come from You. I bow in worship and praise You for the greatest gift of all: Jesus Christ, Your beloved Son, our Wonderful Savior. In Christ, all of Your goodness resides, and perfect gifts are revealed, providing me with a true understanding of who You are. Lord Jesus, I thank You for being the same yesterday, today, and forever. Holy Spirit, please grant me the opportunity today to share the good and perfect gifts that God has given me with someone who has experienced a painful loss and feels destitute. I pray for their salvation in Jesus' mighty name.

CROWN: God will bless you with the crown of life if you endure testing and temptation - James 1:12

God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward, they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. James 1:12 NIV

Infallible Truth: "I [Jesus] AM coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown." Revelation 3:11; "I have spoken these things to you so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world." John 16:33; "And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away." 1 Peter 5:4; "I [Paul] have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing." 2 Timothy 4:7-8

Prayer & Praise
I remember Lord Jesus, how the Spirit led You into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil for 40 days and 40 nights. You faced the same temptations and hardships that we do, yet You never sinned. You are my Victor, Overcomer, Chief Shepherd, Righteous Judge, and Savior who can never be defeated. I ask You to fill me with Your love for God and grant me the strength to endure the tests God permits me to face so that I do not succumb to the devil's lies. Please teach me, Holy Spirit, to rely on God's written Word just as Jesus did to overcome tests of faith and temptations from my flesh or the evil one. Use me today to help strengthen the faith of someone who is facing a spiritual test or physical crisis. I pray for victory in Jesus' mighty name.