What Am I Doing Here?
10/26/08
Jim Weber, 1 Sam 29:1-2
The objective of this message is to show how easy it is to drift away from the heart of God and end up in places you don’t want to be.
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The objective of this message is to show how easy it is to drift away from the heart of God and end up in places you don’t want to be.
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Faith Works: Wise Living
10/19/08
Dr. Phil Wilkes, James 3:13-18
There is no podcast for this sermon.
In James 3 he makes a distinction between wisdom that comes from the world and wisdom that comes from God. What if you chose to purposely put into your mind something that could truly change your life? What if you could fill your mind with something that could shape how you live, how you react, that shapes your priorities, that gives you peace, that provides purpose to your life?
The truth is God has given a way to do all that. Through his word he offers us timeless wisdom that can absolutely change your life if...you are willing to not only hear or read it but to put His truth in your heart and practice it.
This message examines how you can shape your life by God’s wisdom and the difference that will make in your life.
There is no podcast for this sermon.
In James 3 he makes a distinction between wisdom that comes from the world and wisdom that comes from God. What if you chose to purposely put into your mind something that could truly change your life? What if you could fill your mind with something that could shape how you live, how you react, that shapes your priorities, that gives you peace, that provides purpose to your life?
The truth is God has given a way to do all that. Through his word he offers us timeless wisdom that can absolutely change your life if...you are willing to not only hear or read it but to put His truth in your heart and practice it.
This message examines how you can shape your life by God’s wisdom and the difference that will make in your life.
Faith Works: Investing 101
10/12/08
Dr. Phil Wilkes, James 5:1-6
James issues a strong warning to those whom God has blessed and made wealthy. Some will hear this and immediately tune out because they do not believe they are rich. The average income in the United States is approximately 43,000 - $45,000. Those whose incomes exceed $50,000 are in the top 25% of incomes in the United States.
When you consider that the average annual income in some other nations, like Mali at $960, every person in America is rich. So James writes to give us some help in how to manage all God has given to us.
James wants us to understand that our wealth and resources are not to become a little god in life that is constantly pursued. Instead there is a call to repent from selfish indulgences and to once again understand why God entrusts his resources in your life.
If you have more than you need then it is not your need God is interested in. God puts more in your life than you need so you can share what God has given you with those around you. It is so you can invest in God’s Kingdom and help share the gospel around the world. It is so you can be the one who gives a cup of cold water in Jesus name to those who are hurting.
James reminds us that one day we will be held accountable to the Lord for how we use the resources God entrusts to our care. So how are you doing managing all of God’s resources that are on loan to you?
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James issues a strong warning to those whom God has blessed and made wealthy. Some will hear this and immediately tune out because they do not believe they are rich. The average income in the United States is approximately 43,000 - $45,000. Those whose incomes exceed $50,000 are in the top 25% of incomes in the United States.
When you consider that the average annual income in some other nations, like Mali at $960, every person in America is rich. So James writes to give us some help in how to manage all God has given to us.
James wants us to understand that our wealth and resources are not to become a little god in life that is constantly pursued. Instead there is a call to repent from selfish indulgences and to once again understand why God entrusts his resources in your life.
If you have more than you need then it is not your need God is interested in. God puts more in your life than you need so you can share what God has given you with those around you. It is so you can invest in God’s Kingdom and help share the gospel around the world. It is so you can be the one who gives a cup of cold water in Jesus name to those who are hurting.
James reminds us that one day we will be held accountable to the Lord for how we use the resources God entrusts to our care. So how are you doing managing all of God’s resources that are on loan to you?
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Faith Works: A Call From Home
10/05/08
Dr. Phil Wilkes, James 4:4-10
James continues his focus on the source of our internal discontent and reason that we get into fights and quarrels with this passage. He uses strong language to describe one who chooses to live for themselves and try to also love God. Just as a husband who is unfaithful to his wife because of an affair with another woman is called an adulterer, James says that is how God looks at one of his children who is unfaithful to Him. It is powerful and strong language. The purpose is not to condemn but to call God’s people to repentance before God.
In this passage James outlines how one returns to God. There is a clear turning from living for oneself to again focusing your life on God. It is an intentional choice to no longer have one foot in God’s kingdom and one foot in the world. James urges Christians to return to their first love for God and by doing so experience the abundant life that is promised through Jesus Christ.
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James continues his focus on the source of our internal discontent and reason that we get into fights and quarrels with this passage. He uses strong language to describe one who chooses to live for themselves and try to also love God. Just as a husband who is unfaithful to his wife because of an affair with another woman is called an adulterer, James says that is how God looks at one of his children who is unfaithful to Him. It is powerful and strong language. The purpose is not to condemn but to call God’s people to repentance before God.
In this passage James outlines how one returns to God. There is a clear turning from living for oneself to again focusing your life on God. It is an intentional choice to no longer have one foot in God’s kingdom and one foot in the world. James urges Christians to return to their first love for God and by doing so experience the abundant life that is promised through Jesus Christ.
Podcast