by JBaker | Feb 27, 2015 | Daily Inspiration
James 4:1 (NIV) What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? I think we could safely say that so many of the problems we deal with are because of our selfish human natures. Selfishness is at the root of...
by JBaker | Feb 26, 2015 | Daily Inspiration
Psalm 119:105(KJV) Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path We live in a world where the flip of a switch instantly lightens or darkens a room. The lamps in biblical times, on the other hand, burned brightly but required proper tending. If not cared for,...
by JBaker | Feb 25, 2015 | Daily Inspiration
I Corinthians 7:7 (MSG) Sometimes I wish everyone were single like me—a simpler life in many ways! But celibacy is not for everyone any more than marriage is. God gives the gift of the single life to some, the gift of the married life to others.8-9 I do, though, tell...
by JBaker | Feb 24, 2015 | Daily Inspiration
Mark 9:2–3 (NKJV) Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten...
by JBaker | Feb 23, 2015 | Daily Inspiration
I John 4: 7-10 My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love—so...
James Baker, Jr., a Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York native, is the spiritual leader and founder of Grace and Truth Leadership. He is also a prolifically well-sought after leadership coach, who helps many leaders with their call into purpose and the abundant life.