Rongmei Bible Reading Reflection from James 1-5

 [Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (FG) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]

[10:52, 5/12/2021] S.R: 𝕁𝔸𝕄𝔼𝕊 𝟙:𝟙𝟡

"ɴᴢɪᴀɴᴍᴇɪ ᴄʜᴀɴᴀᴛʜɪᴜ, mi hei ningtow o! Meic kathuicna chumei khou katumc o; tiki 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕚  khou khatni 𝕝𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕙 𝕡𝕦𝕒𝕞𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕚 khou 𝕟𝕫𝕒𝕖𝕟𝕘 o."

Aniu teipum-zanpum, paap kandi khou tho, lung-puam mei khou, latsa-mei khou katum the. Lat tho chu se chu ni mak khe, nzaeng meilat se sabam purio, chuzi daek the.

Gaihak pui lat kum na "Alung ram puam" tuna se sa rap rap the.

Lungpuam mei lian e thei nchum ti na the tuna lian rap rap mei maeng the tuna mi kandi khou la bam gei kum the. (Anger and vulgar expressions are considered to be an expression of genuineness, and used them to impress upon people. How corrupt the world is!)

Rianra meigan khou ni, nthiam mei gan khou ni, kagan kathui na khou, , khaeng thai na (self-control) lung o tu e.

Network nase si mai rap tu e tei, aniu tho Ningsum pat nuang tu the! "James 1:19 tuna" khat khat ta sa karina tiningtou bam khang nai the!

 

𝕁𝔸𝕄𝔼𝕊 𝟚: 1, 9

v1. "Achanathiu, nangniw Hymdaihmei Kaipouc, Jisu Khrista khou lwmmei nunc swna, meic nunc ta zawkhu zawru zaucna sw rio."

v9. "Tiki nangniw rui meic nunc ta zawkhu zawru zaucna sw e thei, nangniw nkhuaimei e; kumna nangniw Riakdanv twan lyammei nunc e."

Meiram mei ta zaukei, gansaek ta zauku tumei hei mansei guai na khou nai timei tho, James rui na zaukei zauku rio tuna katiu lou e.

Aniu baibai mei khou nthui khang karam bam se, mitun hei ni karam mak ge thei, latdan piu mak mei the.

 Nthiammei paap, daimei paap Raguang hu khou tho mak ge. Paap thai tho theimei tumei di the. Eden Pikuan khou Tingthai tulou mei paap zaeng khou rui na se, mei kathui ta theimei dandi ti e ta, bai bai mei paap tho adi nthuk kan cho. Kakhan kho! Paap tumei guai ta Ra rui nu mak ge.

Aniu, ram kathui khou, nthui khang karam khang nai e.

 

𝕁𝔸𝕄𝔼𝕊 𝟛:𝟙𝟛-𝟙𝟠

v15"Mi kumhmei ningting tei thu tingkauh thangc rui key tuang hamh e; mbaanv tuang de, ravchaptat makmei tuang de, ravsic tuang de."

ɴɪɴɢᴛɪɴɢ ᴊᴀᴛ ᴋᴀɴᴇɪ ɴᴀɪ ᴛʜᴇ:

Kandi Ningting le Tingkao Ningting nai e.

Rasi (Satan) khou rui guangmei Ningting le Raguang khou rui guangmei Ningting nai e. Agai-agi mei Ningting le Rachaptat mei Ningting nai e. Kakhang khang na ningmei Ningting (v13) le Katun khou na tat mak mei Ningting (17)

List hi kei padik bam khang nai e. . .

Q. Aniu tabui Ningting tha nai mei?

Q. Aniu tabui Ningting cho ntaan bam mei?

Q. Aniu tabui Ningting tha James rui nai o tubam mei?

2𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚔𝚑𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚒 𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝙽𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚎.

 

𝕁𝔸𝕄𝔼𝕊 𝟜:𝟙𝟟

"Nchumhmei tei thayna taanh makmei tei paapc be."

Laanmei taan meina paap ham the. Nchumhmei taan mak mei ni the!

Simei taan makmei na sumakna, gaimei taan ne taan mei ta tua (ought to). Simei lat sa makmei na su makna, gaimei lat ni sa khang. Nkhuaipui lat sa makmei na sumakna, nchumhmei lat ni sa khang.

"Athuan adou mitaan taan puni" tuna samei se, gaengsu, ramkhe sumei e; heita gan louna (sa mak na), Raguang khou nganglou o tu e (v13-17).

 

𝕁𝔸𝕄𝔼𝕊 𝟝:𝟙

"Lungcgaymei nunc, nangniw nking o! Nangniw ruc khou keylou punimei ryanra ryanriumei khang tei rui kangiuhna kap la tho."

Lungai Chingkhu mei simak ge, paap ham mak ge. Abraham, Job, David, Aritmathea meipu Joseph, heinun guai hei lungai mei nun de.

Naiphai Naibu mei nun ta sa bam tuang e. Aniu khang kage naimei, khang suang nliam nla na nai laki, zaozian thai mak, kaphi-kadam ti chui ri mak, gaitaan taan padika mak, tumei nun ta sa bam tuang e (v1-6)

 Gaansaek aneikhang suang lungsi mei guai tho, anei ta ni lunggai the tuna jao bam nu e. Zaozian thaimei, tipat thaimei, gaitaan padikmei su ni na the, aniu rui ngam pui kam. Bill Gates kum, Mukesh Ambani kumna lungai bam mei nun khang na ham the!

Short Reflection from James 1-5

[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (JAC) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]

[06:06, 4/27/2021] S.R:

JAMES 1:2

"Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials."

As I grow older year by year, as I have faced more trials than when I was much younger, I am appreciating this verse like never before. I affirm this truth now by experience. And I love Christian Life because of this truth!

"A life without trial is like an umbrella without rain!" Hahaha. You never know what an umbrella is without rain! 😀

Eh! I get a better one: "A life without trial is like a professional footballer who never plays, and is always in substitute!" Huh! He should change his profession! 😎

 

𝕁𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝟚:𝟙-𝟟

𝙹𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑! 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢.

𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝙸 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎. 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚙 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑!

𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑. 𝚂𝚘, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝓗𝓮𝓵𝓹 𝓶𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓻𝓭, 𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓫𝓮𝔂 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓭! 𝓐𝓶𝓮𝓷!

 

𝕁𝔸𝕄𝔼𝕊 𝟛:𝟠-𝟙𝟘

"But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so."

𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚋 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝.

 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑, 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚏 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝙶𝚘𝚍'𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚎!

Last night, I was having dinner with Guang and Kedu. Guang had an "interesting " opinion regarding the author of Ecclesiastes. With humor and sarcasm, I suggested that he write a book on it, and commented that nobody will ever buy it. We had a hearty laugh, but when I get back to my room, I realized that I should have been more considerate instead of trying to be humorous and "witty." And I had to WhatsApp him saying, "Sorry!"

 

𝕁𝔸𝕄𝔼𝕊 𝟜

Why are we having problems with one another? And why do we create a problem for one another intentionally or unintentionally? We are angry with many things in this world, upset with this and that, discouraged with this and that, unmotivated to do this and that . . . Well James 4 has an answer, I will quote only

v2. " . . . You are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel . . . "

How do we overcome this deep, deep jealousy? How do we get rid of envy from our eyes, minds, thoughts, actions? Well, it's by practicing and striving for humility as it is written in

v10. "Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you."

In reality, to enjoy life, to have a prosperous life, to have a good relationship, to have a godly life, to live an influential life, to live a meaningful life and whatever noble . . ., only God can let them happen in our life. And James says that the key is 🄷🅄🄼🄸🄻🄸🅃🅈

Lord, cause me to confess all the days of my life like David that I do not look for great things, but just to delight in Your lovingkindness. Amen!

 

JAMES 5:19-20

“Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.”

As I read James 5 today, particularly v.19-20, I remember this quote from the great evangelistic pastor, Charles Spurgeon. Have a great day, friends! “One soul won to Christ is better than a thousand merely moralized and still sleeping in their sins.”

Bible Reading Reflection from James 1-5

 [Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (KD) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]

JAMES 1:2-3

"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience."

Patience does not come by saying, "Please come, Patience!" It is not something I can download or purchase. Patience is difficult to maintain, and it also comes bitterly. Patience comes through trials, according to this verse. If I want to develop patience, which God commanded us, and which is also the fruit of the Spirit, I must expect through trials. And therefore, I must count all trials to be blessings in disguise, to manifest patience in my life.

For a week, water was leaking from the knob of my cooler. I had been trying to fix it by turning gently, turning slowly, and this and that. I attempted to pull out the knob and try to tighten it. All my efforts were in vain. All kinds of thoughts were buzzing through my mind: to kick, to hammer, to smash it into pieces, etc. Well, that would be wrath, which James is forbidding us in v19. I just stare at it for a while, took cotton, plugged it, and it worked.

I thought, "Oh! I do not have a big (smart) brain, but even my puny brain seems to be bigger than my heart because I almost destroyed it before!"

It's good to have a big brain, but it's better to have a big heart. And a Christian must have a heart bigger than his brain!

Have I cultivated patience over the week? Well, judge for yourself! 😂👍

 

JAMES 2:19

"You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!"

The demons know God more than I do! Satan had been to heaven oftentimes. Satan was a holy angel before his fall! He saw the mighty works and splendors of the Most High God. Yet he chose to rebel. God cast him out for damnation. God ordained that there will be no salvation for any angel who sinned against God. Salvation is granted only to humans. I've nothing to boast in life except to fear Him who is able to damn and save according to His pleasure, and serve Him in joy!

 

JAMES 3

Tongue: Who does not need to control his tongue!!? Part of my new year resolution is to tell some of my trusted Christian friends to notify me whenever they hear me speak rudely!

It has been my experience that it's easier to make fun of any situation and look witty than to be gentle! But God doesn't call us to be witty but to be gentle!

I am giving you all permission to confront me gently if you see me not speaking gently to anyone!

 

JAMES 4:7-10

I like the way how NKJV translators give a heading for this passage: "Humility Cures Worldliness"

 

JAMES 5:16

"The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."

I am not old, both in age and my walk with our Lord, but by being in a pastoral ministry, many have asked me to pray for them because of this verse. It's terrifying and humbling to be a pastor. Mark my word, I am not saying "it is an honor." I am saying it's terrifying and humbling.

3 years ago I was traveling on a public bus. They asked me to pray for our safe journey. And actually, we had a terrible journey, but all reached home safely (not a hair was lost)! There was a terrible landslide just before us. Actually, it was and still is humbling when God answered it in a different way never imagined.

This Friday, somebody bought a bike. I was asked to invoke the Lord's blessing. I prayed earnestly. The next day he met an accident! 😬 It's terrifying and humbling to be praying for others. But, perhaps, God delivered him from a major accident, for which I am thankful to God! 👍