Day 10: Saturday 2/28

READ: James 2:14-17 

My brothers and sisters, what good is it if people say they have faith but do nothing to show it? Claiming to have faith can’t save anyone, can it? Imagine a brother or sister who is naked and never has enough food to eat. What if one of you said, “Go in peace! Stay warm! Have a nice meal!”? What good is it if you don’t actually give them what their body needs? In the same way, faith is dead when it doesn’t result in faithful activity.

REFLECT 

Here it is: faith without works is dead. Not weak, not incomplete—dead. James uses the starkest example: someone in front of you is cold and hungry, and you offer spiritual platitudes instead of a coat and food. That's not faith. That's violence dressed up as piety. Real faith doesn't just feel compassion; it acts. 

RESPOND 

When you encounter concrete need today, meet it. Don't spiritualize it, don't refer it, don't theorize about root causes. Just help.

PRAY 

God of bread and coats, make our faith alive. Where we've substituted prayers for action, wake us from the dead. Amen.