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2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial,…

Faith That Perseveres Is...

Evening 8 Oct 23

Today we are concluding our series on the Book of James. If you have not read James, go back and read this short book. There are only 5 chapters. It won’t take you long to read it. If you don’t like to read, find it in some kind of audio device and listen to it. Over the last few weeks we have learned…

Order of Service Welcome Prayer Hymn - Notices Prayer Meeting - 7:30pm Friday 7pm - Online Sunday Morning 11am & 6pm Tithes & Offerings - £ Main Prayer Hymn - Reading Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders…

TEXT: JAMES 5:12 | STOP SWEARING INTRO ILLUSTRATION : If you would venture back with my to my elementary playground. We would find the slides, the swings, the basketball courts, and kids running and chasing one another. We were soaking every second of life out of our 30 minute recess time. Depending…

Things are not as they always seem. Sometimes what we see doesn’t at first make sense to us. This is especially true if we are unfamiliar with a practice of another culture or person. We need to live integrated lives. This is part of what James has been teaching us. As we gather into Holy Week, and I…

Introduction You’ve all heard about the apostle Doubting Thomas. Today I’d like to introduce you to Doubting John. This isn’t something that we talk about very often, but even John had doubts about Jesus’ ministry and identity. Let me point this out to you again in case you missed it in our reading:…

The Church is called to caring for the poor, needy, and afflicted We have allowed pagans and degenerates to hijack social justice But the Church has always been meant to be the center of charity Justin Martyr (Justin the philosopher) gives us insight into the earliest churches He tells us Christians…

Song Welcome - Announcements - Welcome Folder - Connection Card Communion or Reading of the Word Gen 3:1-7 Song Song Sermon Prayer Communion Song Benediction Doxology Please turn to the Word of the Lord, James chapter 5 verse 12 12 Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or…

Welcome Good morning everyone, today we are finishing our series on the book of James. He has been speaking against them doing a lot of different things, arguing, slandering one another, looking out for themselves, but in the last part of James he speaks more pastorally to the church, offering sympathy…

Introduction We have all seen movies with Snipers in them. Some are very far fetched on the abilities of men shooting but one thing they all have in common because it is the truth is the shooter must have extreme patience. There are times where a sniper waits for hours and days on end. Sometimes in extreme…

Introduction We are in our study of the book of James. We have seen that James has placed an emphasis on the poor in this letter. In fact, we are going to see he saves his harshest language in today’s passage. Last week, we saw in James 4:13-17 the arrogance and pride involved in planning life without…

Learn to suffer well

There was a boy who asked a girl to the school dance… She agreed… so he went to rent a tux, but the rental store had a long line… so he waited and waited, and finally got his suit… Then he decided to get flowers, but the flower shop had a long line… so he waited and waited, and finally, got his flowers……

A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am." The woman below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering…

Some have called James the Wisdom literature / Proverbs of the NT - 50 imperatives in 108 verses Jesus name only mentioned twice (1:1 & 2:1) NKJV Study Bible intro to James “Compared to other NT writers, James says little about Christ, and yet his speech is virtually saturated with allusions to the teaching…

I don’t know many of you know that old children’s song, O be careful little eyes what you see, and how one of those verses goes, o be careful little mouth what you say. The Lord has laid it on my heart to study and remind myself on how I should be speaking, and to share that with you this morning. Here…

Sometimes we have to wonder, “Will it ever end?” In the Church there are trials and temptations. We see other faiths and denominations seem to prosper. We face opposition, torment, and sometimes outright persecution. So what shall we do? Patiently Endure! The members of the Early Christian Church lived…

What does it mean to sign a contract? It basically means we will do our part or face the consequences. Why is a contract necessary? Because there is nothing in our human nature that guarantees we will do what we say. In fact, just the opposite is true ( Ephesians 2:1–3 ; John 8:44 ). 1 And you were dead…

James 5:7-20 7 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9 Do…

Jesus is Listening As we continue this series Jesus is _______. Tonight’s message is Jesus is Listening. When are times God is listening to you? Is it only when you are praying? Singing to Him? No I believe that’s not the case... Jesus hears everything we say and even think We spend so much time talking...…

Intro This morning we are continuing our slow, steady march through the Sermon on the Mount in the book of Matthew. Go ahead and open to Matthew, chapter 5, verses 33-42 and stick your thumb in there. If I say these phrases, what comes to mind? “Pinky promise” “Cross my heart and hope to die” illustration…

James 4:13-5:20 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to…

As James comes to the end of his letter, he presents in stark contrast, two ways to live. We can be like wealthy landowners who exploit others so that they might live a life of luxury. But they will soon suffer the consequences of their greed. Or we can be patient and endure as we wait for Christ's return, caring for one another. We have to choose one or the other, we cannot be a double-minded person who vacilates between both, because they are so opposed.