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Today we will not finish off the Book of James, as I mentioned last week. So today we will talk about one verse James 5:12. We all want to be truth tellers and we want to be known as people of integrity. Why do we use phrases like, "I swear on my family members..." Pinky promise...or any other phrase to elevate our truth? Are you only telling the truth when you say that or just verifying on a larger scale? It all gets so confusing, so we'll talk about it today. 

The music on the podcast is from John Nugent. John is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church. 

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No one likes to suffer. We usually do whatever we can to avoid suffering. But we also know deep down that suffering will come at some point in time. What do we do with suffering? Do we hurry and rush through it? Do we wallow in it and complain? We have two examples today of patience in suffering: Prophets and Job. We address these today. 

The music on the podcast is by John Nugent. John is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church. 

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Today we will focus on one verse, James 5:9. This is one of those verses that taken out of context could scare us. So we will look at this in the scope of the whole letter and see what James is talking about because it is easy to grumble about fellow brothers and sisters in the church. They can be very frustrating. God will have His justice. 

The music on the podcast is from John Nugent. John is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church. 

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We continue in our look at the book of James. This whole next section is about being patient about Jesus coming back. There are a lot of people really concerned about this and have now jumped into full time looking for the "signs." We can be so heavenly minded that we are no earthly good. Get your head out of the clouds and live everyday present with those around you. Trust that Jesus will return because God promised it. 

The music on the podcast is from John Nugent. John is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church.   

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As we start off chapter 5 of James, we see that he returns to a major theme that we have witnessed throughout the book; rich and poor. So once again we are going to talk about wealth and what it means. Who is wealthy? Anyone who makes more than me, right? It is a good opportunity to think about all the ways God has blessed us. 

The music on the podcast is from John Nugent. John is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church. 

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Even though I said we finished chapter 4 yesterday, I happened to omit the talking about the last verse; James 4:17. This verse is all about the sins of omission in our lives that are also not good. Listen today to understand why sins of omission are also important for us to grieve. 

The music on the podcast is by John Nugent. John is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church.  

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Today we will tackle James 4:13-17. Today is here and tomorrow is not promised. Sometimes it is difficult to figure out how to plan for our lives. We want to look into the future and be fairly certain of how things are going to play out. James warns us not to be arrogant about our lives. Instead we entrust them to God. 

The music on the podcast is from John Nugent. John is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church. 

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Today we are going to talk about James 4:11-12. James warns the Christian not to judge fellow believers. But we know of other places in the Bible that tell us we need to speak the truth in love. We will talk about what it means to judge rightly. Let's get this straight here...we will never be the judge of salvation, that is God's job. Listen today as we figure out what this all means. 

The music on the podcast is from John Nugent. John is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church. 

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Today we are taking a look at James 4:7-10. James tells us to humble ourselves and resist the devil because he will flee from us. We are going to talk about The Cause and the Result. We see the result of sin and feel guilt and shame but James is directing us to the cause and see what we can do with the temptation. Temptation is not sin but can lead us to it. 

The music on the podcast is from John Nugent. John is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church. 

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It's all about alleteration today. James gives a little bit of reprieve from the large amounts of law that he heaps on us. God gives grace! James quotes Proverbs and helps us understand that we should be humble in our reception. Do you need a little grace today? 

The music on the podcast is from John Nugent. John is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church.   

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