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Q4. (1:26-27) Why does James make taming the tongue and caring for the poor the prime tests of pure religion? Why not the quality of our quiet time or worship? We act out of what we believe in our heart-of-hearts. We may say we believe one thing, but are our actions consistent with that belief? It is easy to be "spiritual" in the presence of God, one-on-one, but what about when we are treated poorly, rejected, and are around those one , (or more), people who seem to push every button we have? In those times is where we see what we truly believe. Are we not just feeding the physically hungry and the obviously orphaned, but the spiritually hungry and orphaned? There is such a need for spiritual mothers and fathers to help spiritual babes to grow up in their walk with God. They are needed to model Christ to those who have not ever had that. Our world is full of hungry and orphaned people. Let's quit fooling ourselves into thinking that we are spiritual because we go to church and have a quiet time. Jesus says, by your love they will know to whom you belong and a good tree does not bear bad fruit. What do our fruit look like? Thank you for this study. It has been so good to reflect on these scriptures and know which ways I lack and need God's help on. In Him, christina.