"That without works is useless". (James 2:20) NAS
 
"You see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith alone." 
(James 2:24) NAS
 
"For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith  
without works is dead" (James 2:26) NAS
 
Reflection: 
 
We are always asking God, show me? We want proof that God is God. 
We want proof that God loves us, as if the death of His Son would not be 
enough. I think James is telling us that we need to prove to God and others,
our faith. You see faith without good works is not really faith. We must  
show our faith in Jesus through our actions. The ironic thing about 
all this is the proof that God is God in us!!!!!!! 
 
Prayer: 
 
Jesus I pray that my faith in you is seen through my good works everyday. 
My love, compassion, and service is found in my faith in You.  
THANK YOU GOD FOR BEING GOD 

 
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling last week. Drilling proponents argued that the refuge on Alaska's North Slope would provide 1 million barrels a day of additional domestic oil and reduce the need for imports. But others oppose developing what environmentalists argue is a pristine area, where drilling will harm caribou, polar bears and migratory birds. (AP) 
 
Scripture: 
 
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 
27 So God created man in his own image, 
in the image of God he created him; 
male and female he created them. 
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. 
 
Reflection: 
 
This is just a few of the many passages found in the Holy Scriptures 
that talk of Mankind to be rulers, caretakers, ambassadors, of His world.  
Is this how to do it. Christian's should be appalled at this legislation. 
I am so tired of every time that we find ourselves inconvenienced we take it out 
on God's earth. Since the beginning of time we were to take care of God's 
good earth, instead we have taken care of its demise. When are we going to take 
our responsibility seriously. When are we going to ask WWJD ( What Would Jesus 
Do). Would Jesus be the foreman of the drilling crew or the leader of the  
environmentalists. If you say he would be the foreman of the drilling crew, I have 
to seriously question your interpretation of Scripture. LET US PUT AN END 
TO THE DESTRUCTION OF GOD'S ENVIRONMENT NOW!!!!!!!!!! 
Write, email, phone, or fax, your congressman. 
 
Prayer: 
 
Lord let us take our responsibility seriously, I pray starting today 
we take care of your environment. Lord give us strength to be Your 
care takers, to do Your will. THANK YOU GOD FOR BEING GOD 
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. 
Where there is hatred let me sow love. 
Where there is injury, pardon. 
Where there is doubt, faith. 
Where there is despair. Hope. 
Where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. 
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; 
To be understood as to understand; 
To be loved as to love; 
For it is in giving that we receive; 
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born 
to eternal life.