Daily Wisdom: James 4:13-15

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Our Donation Drive Continues...

We appreciate your prayers and financial support!

Donate Now
Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."
— James 4:13-15

More Daily Wisdom

"A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver."
"Misfortune pursues the sinner, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous."
"All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in....."
"Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."
James 1:22

Comments

Archived Facebook Comments

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Wednesday, September 10, 2025

A devotional to help reclaim Jesus as the daily Lord of our lives.
"Dear Disciple, As Paul gets ready to talk about the new covenant of the Spirit in 2 Corinthians chapter 3, he pauses long enough to make an important..."
A daily devotional featuring a Bible verse, thought and prayer.
"The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out."
A daily devotional about the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
"For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God's..."
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
"While preparing the present volume, this particular expression recurred to me so frequently, that in order to be rid of its constant importunity I..."

Illustration

Illustration of James 4:13-15 — Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."

About This Devotional

Daily Wisdom is a free daily devotional for Christians featuring wise counsel found in Scripture.