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Secular - A Sunday School Teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to "Honor" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?" Without missing a beat, one little boy…

Our past failures do not destroy God's promises.

Radical People Don't Play Favorites

Host Moment - Giving, Sow That, Easter Ad Libbed paragraph about Easter Sunday, why it is important, what we are celebrating, it isn't just a normal sunday. (King Jesus ascended his throne and sits are the right hand of God petitioning on your behalf) etc. Let's open up our bibles to James Chapter 2.…

I have treasured your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you. Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path. WHAT IS ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: Biography — The Last Boy (The Mick; by Jane Leavy) All My Knotted-Up Life (Beth Moore) Fiction — Gen: Saint…

Intro I didn’t always get along with my brother growing up Talk about sitting separately, Aub being peacekeeper, Mark knowing how to push my buttons As much as my parents had to navigate, this was likely nothing compared to what Isaac and Rebekah had to deal with As Isaac’s story continues, we see how…

Welcome to part four of our sermon series, All Day, Everyday…as we look at how to follow Jesus well in our every day lives. As our guide through this series, we are studying the New Testament book of James. A letter written by James, the half brother of Jesus…to Jewish Christians scattered abroad in…

If God is ‘no respecter of persons’ then neither should His people be.

Love unites an brings together all people.

Introduction Good morning, my dearest and best in the Lord. I am grateful for the blessed opportunity to serve and worship with you through the ministry of God’s word. May God's word, wisdom and counsel abundantly bless us today. Welcome back to our series on the book of James. Let's take a moment to…

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Introduction: While the passage before us today introduces one of my favorite characters in all of Scripture, this passage is full of brokenness. Growing up, I really used to look forward to hearing the account of Joseph. Now that I’m older and see all of the evidences of brokenness across the passage,…

Personal favoritism is sin because true love knows no partiality. We can learn to disregard favoritism when we start to love ourselves and others the way Christ loves us.

Good people still end up in Hell, because good isn't good enough!

1 My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. 2 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, 3 and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say,…

Big Idea: Despite the sins of man, God exercises full sovereign control over all things.

Joseph shows his potential. Jacob shows favoritism. Joseph's brothers show hatred. Judah shows promise. Jesus shows love.

God wants us to claim joy in trials. Why should we claim joy? Four reasons are found in our passage: James 2:2-12. (1) We claim joy because trials teach us perseverance (vv2-4). (2) We claim joy because trials develop our prayers (vv5-8). (3) We claim joy because trials perfect our attitude toward others (vv9-11). (4) We claim joy because trials result in a crown of life (v12).

You can listen to the message here or watch it on our YouTube channel, https://youtu.be/M0XhJNkXcTk. This is the tenth message in our series entitled, Practical Faith. This series is an in-depth study of the Letter of James. In this message, we will begin to look at the James' teaching on the subject of favoritism. This message is based on James 2:1-7.