It may be summer, but we're still here to inspire...

Sunday youth as we know it may have been put on hold for the next few weeks, but God still wants to speak to you, and, in fact, the lack of school in your lives gives you more time to spend with him. So we are going to blog regularly to keep you inspired and give you something to think about. We shall consider the practical wisdom contained in the book of James (you can find it after Hebrews, which comes after all the books beginning with 'T'.) Here's a brief intro, so you know what we're dealing with.

James was most probably written by Jesus' brother to the members of the churches which had scattered across the Roman Empire after the stoning of Stephen (Acts 11.19). From the themes James covers, we can tell that the church was struggling with keeping Jesus its number one priority; there was a love of money (chapters 2 and 5), hurtful words were being said (chapter 3) and backbiting and arguments were taking control (chapter 4). James wants to encourage the readers of his letter to live a life in which they become more mature and complete in Jesus (1.4).

We pray that as we take you through this book you would learn how to work out your faith. Do use the summer to get into God's word and seek to apply it to your life (more of this in the next blog). Let's use this blog as a way of keeping in touch over the summer and encouraging each other with what God is doing in our lives and how he is speaking to us. And then we can reconvene in September more mature and complete in Jesus.