Common Ground Church of Sahuarita Podcast

As we continue in the book of James, this message titled Practicing Patience focuses on James 5:7-11. In these five verses, James brings up patience 4 times and endurance 2 times. There are going to be lots of things that test our patience, but when we are tested, James is saying, "Be patient nevertheless." This is the second message where we are focusing on patience. We are going to look at the what, the why, and the how of patience. In this message, we are going to continue with the "why."

As we continue in the book of James, this message titled Practicing Patience focuses on James 5:7-11. In these five verses, James brings up patience 4 times and endurance 2 times. There are going to be lots of things that test our patience, but when we are tested, James is saying, "Be patient nevertheless." This is the first message where we are focusing on patience. We are going to look at the what, the why, and the how of patience. In this message, we are going to start with the "what."

This message focuses on the first few verses of James 4. It is an exploration into the grace of God and his jealousy for you. The lifestyle that we should adopt in response to Him is submission.

There is a whole new year awaiting us and that gets our minds going about what can we do in this new year. What will this New Year bring? How will it turn out? It would be great to predict the future, wouldn’t it? Many of us try to set a new plan for the new year. Planning is wise. It’s not a bad thing but in planning for a new year or at any time there is something we should always remember and that is to…

Plan With God

Key Passage:

Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will

stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” 14 How do you know

what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little

while, then it’s gone. 15 What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live

and do this or that.”16 Otherwise you are boasting about your own pretentious plans,

and all such boasting is evil. 17 Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and

then not do it. (James 4:13-17) (NLT)

This message explores what it means to draw near to God as described in James 4:8-10.