Worldliness and Riches

James 5:1-6Worldliness and Riches If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to James chapter 5. We've been studying through the book of James for a number of months now, and in particular in the last three weeks we have seen James address the issue of worldliness. If you look at James 4:11, all the way through James 5:6, that compact section in the book of James deals with the subject of worldliness. Last week we noted that James addressed two areas in which he saw professing believers struggling with an insipient worldliness. One was in speech that was harmful or hurtful of the brethren or our neighbor. Another was in presumptuous attitude and speech saying, “I'm going to do thus and so,” and “I'm going to accomplish this and that,” and never…

Be Patient

James 5:7-12Be Patient If you have your bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to James Chapter 5 verse 7. “Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains. You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Do not complain, brethren, against one another, that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the judge is standing right at the door. As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord's dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion…

Pray Always

The Lord's Day November 24, 2002 Call to Worship O give thanks unto the Lord for He is good. His steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. Let us worship God. Prayer of Adoration and Invocation Our Lord and our God, when we contemplate the sin of this world, and we contemplate Your mercy to us in Jesus Christ, our hearts cry out, may Jesus Christ be praised. When we contemplate our own sin and what it deserves and how we ought to have been cast out and judged and condemned, and then we contemplate what Your have done for us in Jesus Christ our hearts cry out, may Jesus Christ be praised. We come before Your, O Father, in the name of Jesus Christ. We praise the heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ. We praise the Son through His own work and we praise…

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