Book: James

Graduate Sunday James 4:13-17

Everything that matters to you matters to God. There is no detail that is too small. I’m not saying that it matters to God as much as it matters to you. It matters to you. It matters to God. But listen, if you’ll trust God with the things that matter to you, He’ll trust you with the things that matter to Him.

What will you do with the offer of God? You know you don’t control the future. It’s in God’s hands. You know that you’re fragile. And if you apply that to the whole of life, you’re either going to remain proud or you’re going to humble yourself. What will you do with the offer of God?

Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness to move you out of the nightmare that comes with wisdom from below and into the dream that God has for our life with Him

You don’t have to fall into temptation. You don’t have to take the bait. You don’t have to … let selfish desires dominate your life and undo your marriage, your family, your friendships, business, your relationship with God.. You don’t have to.

God offers us a better way. God knew the cost of sin was death, and He knew the price of forgiveness would take His Son Jesus dying for us. The gospel flipped everything on its head. There are messes that you simply can’t clean up on your own. There’s forgiveness that you can’t offer people on your own. And the beauty of the gospel is God says, “I forgave you much and now you go forgive others.”

You fight favoritism in your heart and you grow in character by giving VIP treatment to those who are more vulnerable than you. We fight favoritism by going to the back of the line. This isn’t optional for us. As a church, this is our obligation, and God doesn’t have another set of hands and feet on the earth other than His church. We’re called to this.

If you want a life that is transformed, don’t just listen to God’s Word. Do it! Faith without action is dead. … Where does your faith, what you say you believe, need to act this week?

Many drift from God in trial rather than turn to God in trial. But know this that the purpose of trials is to mature you not to destroy you. But remember God is our spotter.