Sermons on James

Dangerous Prayer

March 10, 2024 James 5:17-18; 1 Kings 18:41-46 Three secrets of Elijah’s Prayer Life (Read 1 Kings 18:41-46 for context); Elijah was a human just like you (James 5:17a) Elijah prayed God’s will (James 5:17b) Elijah prayed with patient fervency (James 5:17-18) [James 5:17-18, 17 “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and…

Real Confession

James 5:16 Let’s confess: By recognizing your sin is first and foremost, to God. By admitting your worship has stopped. By owning your sin to the one you’ve sinned against. By bringing your sin to its true hiding place. Well good morning, Saylorville! If you brought a copy of scripture with you this morning, you…

Words

James 5:12 If you brought a copy of Scripture with you this morning, you could find the book of James, Chapter 5. We’re heading toward the end of this thing on Keeping It Real, and we’re talking today about “words.” Someone has said, “Behold this truth before your eyes that all the world is lies…

Patient at His Coming

James 5:7-11 IF WE ARE TO BE PATIENT AT HIS COMING… We must admit and believe that Christ’s return is the ONLY CERTAIN future. We must accept that suffering detaches us from the world and attaches us to Christ! We must do so together. We must focus on the promises of God, not the product…

Rich and Ruined

Well good morning, Saylorville! If you brought a copy of Scripture with you — and even if you didn’t — we’re in James chapter 5. The words will be up soon enough. James chapter 5. We’re studying the book of James, and we’ve entered into the last chapter in this series called Keeping It Real.…

What is Your Life?

It’s a vapor. It’s something that exists by the sheer will of God. It is a sin, apart from God. Life Checklist Think more about investing your life than spending your money. (Matthew 6:33) Bow to God’s will, not your calendar. Love God’s plan for you, not the one you have for yourself. (Psalm 40:8)…

When We Judge

James 4:11-12 1. If you live in a glass house, don’t throw stones. 2. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Well, good morning! You survived Snowmageddon and Coldmageddon. And if you’re truly a child of God, you don’t have to worry about Armageddon. Hey, weren’t these babies that were up here earlier for this…

Real Humility

James 4:6b-10 Submission to God. Fighting the devil. Going to God. Brokenness before God. Personal initiation to be humble. Well, good morning, Saylorville.  We are so glad you’re here! When I got here this morning, I wanted to say, ‘Would all 14 of you please move to the center here?’ This is one of those…

The War Within

James 4:1-6 Well, good morning, Saylorville. If you brought a copy of Scripture with you this morning, you can find the book of James, James chapter four. Otherwise, the Scripture will come up on the board. I love that song. We haven’t sung it for a while, and it reminded me of just a week…