Teaching by Series: Living Faith: Practical Wisdom from the Book of James
Living Faith, Part 16: Turning Another Around
True faith will be lived out in a consistent way that includes pursuing truth, committing to Christ-centered community, and being willing to engage in hard conversations.
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God takes the prayers of His people and weaves them providentially and sovereignly into His plans, for our encouragement and for His glory. The community is built up when we pray.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 14: Let Your Yes Be Yes
It is God’s design for us that we would let our yes be yes, and our no be no, that we would be people who can be counted on.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 13: Possessions and Priorities
We are called to love God and use resources—not the other way around. Everything we have is from the Lord and belongs to the Lord.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 12: Pride, Planning, and Perspective
Christians should not arrogantly make plans independent of life’s frailty and God’s sovereignty. Rather, we are to go about the business of life with a humble dependence on God.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 11: “Don’t Judge Me!”
When we speak evil against others, it reveals that we place others below ourselves, that we place ourselves above the law, that we place ourselves above God, and that we elevate ourselves and our judgments.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 10: Draw Near to God
The only way we can save our lives and resist friendship with the world is to draw near to God, submit to Him, and organize our priorities around His priorities.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 9: Friendship with the World
The cause of worldliness is the love of self, which results in friendship with the world. God’s solution is to humble ourselves and draw near to Him.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 8: Implementing Wisdom
If we are seeking to be wise—and we must because wisdom is critical—how does God’s Word instruct us on how to implement wisdom in real-life situations?
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 7: Watch Your Mouth
With the words we use, we can breathe life into others, or we can breathe death. It is incumbent on each of us to evaluate what comes out of our mouths by examining our hearts and spheres of influence, being purposefully encouraging, and speaking the truth in love.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 6: A Living Faith Validated by Works
Faith comes to its full fruition, validation, and completion when it finds its natural outgrowth in effective works that reflect the faith we say we have.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 5: Partiality
To avoid the sin of partiality, we do not seek out others for personal gain, we give to others who are unlikely to give back to us, and we build relationship with people who are not like us.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 4: True and Living Faith
If we really believe in Jesus and are truly committed to a love relationship with Him, that is going to reveal itself in how we live.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 3: Battling Temptation
The temptation to sin is a process that we can interrupt. In the power of the Holy Spirit, engaging His Word and through community, we can be proactive to stop at temptation and not step into sin.
Watch / ListenLiving Faith, Part 2: How to Find Wisdom
If we seek wisdom apart from seeking God, we will not see the wisdom He provides. Instead, we must seek Him and His will, ask for wisdom in faith, and pursue that wisdom by the Spirit, through the Scripture, and with wise counsel.
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