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Our speech is important to God. We are commanded numerous times through the book of James to bridle our tongue, add action to our words, and guard our mouth from saying things that are not truthful or that cut down and destroy. Today James gives a final exhortation concerning the oaths that we make and judgment we will face if they are not kept.

Welcome to WK 11 of Keep It Real. Here in James 5:7-11 we are taught that the believer’s life should be characterized by patience and steadfastness motivated by Jesus’s sovereignty and imminent return. While that 👍 sounds good 👍, each of us know we struggle with being 🥴 impatient and 😱 about many things. In this study James gives us four examples to follow as we endeavor to live our lives mindful of the Lord’s sovereignty and imminent return.

Welcome to WK 11 of Keep It Real. Here in James 5:7-11 we are taught that the believer’s life should be characterized by patience and steadfastness motivated by Jesus’s sovereignty and imminent return. While that

Keep It Real (Part 10) "Affluence & Admonition" James 5:1-6 by Jonathan Mast

Keep It Real (Part 10) "Affluence & Admonition" James 5:1-6 by Jonathan Mast

Our view of the future has great influence on where we place our assurance. James urges us to humbly view all of our days as lived under the sovereign will of the Lord.

Our view of the future has great influence on where we place our assurance. James urges us to humbly view all of our days as lived under the sovereign will of the Lord.

Our passions and desires are at war within us, and we must fight against them. While pride, boasting and divisiveness mark worldly people, humility, obedience and repentance mark the godly.

Our passions and desires are at war within us, and we must fight against them. While pride, boasting and divisiveness mark worldly people, humility, obedience and repentance mark the godly.

Our words can be either a blessing or a curse to those around us. Believers must learn to control their tongues and use their words for good, not evil. In living out our lives, we can follow worldly wisdom that’s false or godly wisdom that’s true. We must examine every thought and deed by the Lord’s truth—the Word—and no other standard.