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My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favour some people over others?
For example, suppose...
James 2:1-2 NLT
It's easy to dive into James example and decide that's not me, I don't do that so I'm OK.
I think James has a deeper motive here, to ask us to allow our faith in Jesus to change the way we see people, and to change the way we interact with others. 
Our faith in Jesus is the challenge to our subtle biases. 
Our faith in Jesus asks us to think again about telling or joinin in the joke at someone else's expense, the disparaging remarks, the piling on. 
Our faith in Jesus asks us to see the world through different lenses than what our society and our culture does, and to live differently in it, to choose different careers, vocations, to have different measures of success, to live with a little less fear, a little more love, a little deeper, a little more colour, a little more music, a little more blessing, as we allow a little more faith in Jesus permeate our being. 
#james
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#Godsgym
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