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Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 Focus on the value, not the vessel(2 Corinthians 4:7) “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys the field.” (Matthew 13:44) (1) When we focus on the vessel, we…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 There is a time to judge “For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough” (v6) “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.” (Matthew 7:5) “If your brother sins against…
Scripture: James 5:13-20 Faith prays persistently “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 of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith…
Scripture: James 5:7-12 Faith watches with patience “Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. . . . establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.” (v7-8) “. . . stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the…
Scripture: James 4:13–5:6 Faith surrenders our plans “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 profit’– yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring.” (James 4:13-17) “the land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought…
Scripture: James 4:1-12 Faith exposes worldly passions “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?” (v1) “the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ . . Not many days later the…
Scripture: James 3:13-18 Faith is wise in conduct “Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom” (v13) “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” (Matthew 7:24)…
Scripture: James 2:14-26 Faith is powerless when it professes alone “faith by itself, if it does not have works is dead” (v17) “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going…
We have a heart that betrays “Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs from the chief priests and the elders of the people. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, ‘The one I will kiss is the man; seize him.’” (Matthew 26:47-48) “For within,…
Scripture: James 2:1-13 Faith refuses to play favorites “My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.” (v1) “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. . . and…
