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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…

Titus 3:1-8 Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I hope you have prepared yourself to receive something this morning. That you come expectantly to be engaged in the message this morning. Announcements Ministry Sunday at the Rock Prayer We are in the 5th chapter of James and last…

Luke 21:25-36 Today we will start a new series I am just simply entitling Advent. The Word advent is used throughout Western Christianity to speak of the season of Christmas, as especially the commemoration of the birth of Jesus. Baptist churches do not traditionally use the term advent in their worship,…

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

Acts 2:1-21 Rain in the Bible is an interesting thing... It is one of the great contrasts that we see... You know, there are several contrasts... Things that seem to be both good and bad... Lion - devil is said to roam around like a like seeking someone to devour Jesus will also return as the lion of…

This morning we lit the candle of Joy. We receive Christmas cards with the word JOY prominently written across the front. We sings carols with the word Joy in them. And yet... And yet… for many the holiday season is not one that is necessarily a happy time. Many this season will experience their first…

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…

TEXT: JAMES 5:7-11 | A PATIENT PURSUIT INTRO EXPLANATION : Here in these verses before us, 6 times in 5 verses James addresses this matter of patience or endurance. But what can be so quick to miss is the context in which James is saying these things about Patience. v.7 say, “Be patient THEREFORE” It…

Expectations That Can Cause Us to Stumble Expectations — we all have them. Christmas Day and receiving certain gifts. Year-end bonus All family members coming together for Christmas. We all have expectations that things will happen in a certain manor, or that life will go a certain way. The people of…

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…

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…

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,…

We all need hope. Where is your hope? What gives you hope? How do you gain hope? Hope is a very powerful. It is essential for all of life, if you ask me, and you didn’t but oh well. :D James wants to remind us of our true hope. As we come to the end of the book of James we must realize these final verses…

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…

One of the great themes of the NT is the position of the Christian. So much of our daily living, our daily growth in holiness is an expression of our understanding and application of our position in Christ. That is something entirely unique about Christianity. The Bible does not simply tell you to be…

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…

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…

Introduction This past week I had a moment to focus on Graduation. I was able to see virtually Caleb graduate and talked with one of our youth who will be graduating from High School this coming June. It brought me back to the graduations in my life. My first one that I can remember is graduating from…

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…

Nobody likes waiting, especially if it’s waiting for something bad to end. It may be physical suffering, it may be emotional trauma, it may be painful circumstances beyond our control. Whatever is causing us distress, we just want it to be over with as quickly as possible. Earlier in the letter James…

Joyful patience anticipates future reward