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Message from James Sumpter on September 18, 2024

Message from James Sumpter on September 15, 2024

– The whole world is busy. We are all busy. You are busy. I have met very few people who did not think that their life was at least a little busy. Because of this, very few of us consider ourselves to be lazy. However, the Bible, in particular Proverbs, talks a lot about laziness. It is most often called “sloth”.

– “I’m way to busy, there is no way I’m lazy.” Maybe a good question to help us see ourselves clearly would be, “Is my busyness leading to lifelessness?”

As Christians, let’s ask ourselves:

Am I spiritually productive? Do I do things that matter?

Do I understand my most important roles in this world? Am I focused on them?

Am I aware of how I spend time and the brevity of life?

Proverbs will call us to consider these as well. “Sloth” is not simply laziness. The words used for slothful in Proverbs mean “sluggish, to sink down, to relax, to loosen, hang limp.” Slothfulness can be found in our lives as laziness, idleness, inactivity, distraction, pointless amusement, misdirected priorities, or apathy.

Message from James Sumpter on September 8, 2024

Message from James Sumpter on September 8, 2024

We can live our lives disregarding God in selfish greed or acknowledge God in conscious righteous living.

Are our daily choices and long-term goals guided by a conscious, acknowledging perception of God?

Message from James Sumpter on September 1, 2024

– Of the 915 verses in proverbs, 149 of them reference our speech in some way. God is serious about the words we speak.

Last week, we considered the power, potential, and problem of our words. This week, we will study more Proverbs to consider the limitations of words and how we should choose to use them.

Message from James Sumpter on August 25, 2024

Message from James Sumpter on August 25, 2024