Community Hemet Podcast

Text: variousTheme: As we set the stage for another season of ministry here at Community, we’ll be sharing our focus for the next 12 months. Join us in being the kind of people who are looking to make a difference in their world!Key Verses: John 5:39-40 (NIV) “You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40yet you refuse to come to me to have life.” Message Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49482980

Text: James 5:13-20Theme: As we wrap up the book of James, we close as James does with a clear appeal to the importance and power of prayer. This week we’ll look at what we can do to make sure prayer is the solid ground we sink our knees into.Memory Verse: James 5:16 (NIV) “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”Message Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49468023

Text: James 5:7-12Theme: From some, “Hang in there” is a trite saying that may not offer much hope. However, this week we’ll see the value of hanging in there and the character formed through faithful perseverance.Memory Verse: James 5:7 (NIV) “Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.”Message Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49464474

Text: James 5:1-6Theme: This weeks’ warning may not seem to apply to us because we never consider ourselves rich, at least not compared to celebrities and professional athletes. However, this week we’ll take a close look at what applies to us all in these powerful verses.Memory Verse: James 5:5 (NIV) “You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.”Message Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49461267

Text: James 4:13-17

Is there a way we can negotiate the uncertainty of life and still have our feet on some solid ground? This week, we’ll discover the importance of not getting lost in the uncertainty, but getting real with our next steps.Memory Verse: James 4:17 (NIV) “If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.Message Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49457158

Text: James 4:1-12Theme: If there’s one thing God hates, it’s PRIDE. So, how can we stay humble, even when God is working through us to do great things? How can we keep our head on straight when everything in our culture keeps spinning around? The answer is humility, so we’ll spend some time this week making sure we are staying humble.Memory Verse: James 4:8 (NIV) “Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Message Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49453991

Text: James 3:13-18Theme: While there is much to be said about wisdom, you can see a lot of it in the book of Proverbs, James takes a different spin that’s worth investigating. This week we’ll mine the caverns of wisdom and see what we can put into practice.Memory Verse: James 3:17 (NIV) “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.”Message Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49450749

Text: James 3:1-12Theme: With the help of two other guest teachers this week, we’ll look at the all-important issue of controlling our tongue. No doubt, we all could do some work here.Memory Verse: James 3:10 (NIV) “Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.”Message Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49447510

Text: James 2:14-26Theme: Much has been written and said about this section in James 2. Obviously, we’re saved by faith, but what if our actions don’t show a real faith? This week we’ll get personal as we do a self-assessment and see how our walk and our talk measure up.Memory Verse: James 2:19 (NIV) “You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.” Message Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49444181

Text: James 2:1-13Theme: As we get into James chapter 2, we begin to look at how we LOOK at others? What comes to mind when we see someone’s clothes, car, or house? What assumptions do we tend to make? James reminds us there is a better way to do life with others. This week we’ll discover that better way.Memory Verse: James 2:8 (NIV) “If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing right.”Memory Verse: https://www.bible.com/events/49440897