James 1:2 My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything. 5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will ...

James 4:1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it ...

Lord, thank You for Your love for us and all You do for us. We want to come before You – some of You know Doug – he is going for some major surgery at the Cleveland clinic – and his son, Daniel, who is only 19, has the same genetic disorder – and will have surgery in December. Lord, we pray for the doctors that things would go well and that Doug and Daniel would have full recoveries ...

This morning we are going to be talking about… as we go through this series on Wisdom – we are going to be looking at Speech – again.  There has been a lot of discussion on speech – and you might think I’m trying to tell you something – but as you go through the Wisdom literature AND the New Testament – there is a lot on speech.

James often quotes his brother Jesus – and

James 3:1 ...

Lord, thank You for this chance to praise You – You are worthy of all of our praise.  Thank You that You love us and You are so happy with us, we cannot imagine.  We look at ourselves and feel we are falling short, but You are not that way – Because of what Your Son did on the cross, You are pleased – not because we are good enough, but because of what Jesus did ...

Pastor Appreciation  Lisa baked a cake for Mike - Dr. Who?  Dr. Marette

Living the Way of Wisdom according to the New Testament – Developing a Culture of Wisdom

As we draw closer to the end of the year and this year of developing wisdom – may we continue to apply what we are learning – taking the things that You teach us to make them real in our lives.  Speak into our hearts this morning – help ...

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I apologize if I’ve shared this anecdote before, but several years ago I was getting ready to go jogging with my friend Rich – so I grabbed an old shirt off the dryer and put it on. My wife, Melissa, looked at me and said – you can’t wear that! That’s one of the car washing rags I just washed! You don’t want to wear rags to Rich’s! (wait for ...

Lord, today, we will have a picture of Your death, burial, and resurrection – as those who are baptized go under the water and are raised to the newness of life.

So, this is the only time of the year that we are diverging from a year of Wisdom – because I wanted to talk about Baptism.

In Acts 7, Stephen is martyred and Saul begins his terror on the Christians – so the Christians had to flee ...

Lord, today, we will have a picture of Your death, burial, and resurrection – as those who are baptized go under the water and are raised to the newness of life.

So, this is the only time of the year that we are diverging from a year of Wisdom – because I wanted to talk about Baptism.

In Acts 7, Stephen is martyred and Saul begins his terror on the Christians – so the Christians had to flee ...

Lord, speak to our hearts this morning. What is most important is that You speak – not just our thoughts or words. You are a great God and know how to meet our needs – and we want to look to You in all things. It is easy to get overly concerned with things in our own lives and miss that You care for us and love us more than we could love ourselves.

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