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Money Talks James 5:1-6 – 1 Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you. 2 Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh like fire. This corroded treasure you have hoarded will testify against you on the day of judgment. 4 For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. 5 You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and killed innocent people, who do not resist you. A Question of Investment Matthew 6:19-21 - 19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where mot

James 4:7-12        7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. PRAISE GOD · You are Sovereign. All powerful. Worthy of all our praise · You are stronger than the enemy of my soul ASK GOD · I choose to humbly come before you. Teach me true humility · Rebuke the enemy in every area of your life Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. PRAISE GOD · You are the God of presence. You’re always near to me · You are the Great Redeemer! Your grace is sufficient for me ASK GOD · Remove all the obstacles keeping me from drawing near to you · Purify me with your holiness. Let me be righteous before you Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. PRAISE GOD · You are the Great Restorer! You restore what has been destroyed by sin

James 4:7-12       08/21/2022 7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. PRAISE GOD · You are Sovereign. All powerful. Worthy of all our praise · You are stronger than the enemy of my soul ASK GOD · I choose to humbly come before you. Teach me true humility · Rebuke the enemy in every area of your life Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. PRAISE GOD · You are the God of presence. You’re always near to me · You are the Great Redeemer! Your grace is sufficient for me ASK GOD · Remove all the obstacles keeping me from drawing near to you · Purify me with your holiness. Let me be righteous before you Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. PRAISE GOD · You are the Great Restorer! You restore what has been destroy

James 4:1-6       08/14/2022 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? PRAISE GOD · You are the Great Peacemaker. · You are the Great Victor who gives us victory over evil. ASK GOD · Give me victory over any evil desire within me. · As we gain victory, bring peace in the relationships in my life. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure. You adulterers! PRAISE GOD · You love to give good gifts to your children! · You equip me with everything I need for this life and to live for you ASK GOD · Help the motives of my prayer requests to be pure and Godly. · Make the Kingdom and your purposes my number one pursuit. Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an ene

James 3:13 – 18 8/07/22 13 If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. PRAISE GOD · You are a personal God and we can understand your ways · You honor me when I live a life after your ways · You are faithful to help me work through incongruencies ASK GOD · Reveal to me anything in my heart incongruent with your ways · Give me courage to confront those things in myself 15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind. PRAISE GOD · Your wisdom far surpasses earthly or even demonic wisdom · You are a God of order and righteousness ASK GOD · Help me recognize Godly wisdom and minimize earthly wisdom · I y

Prayer Model for James 2:14-26 14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? 17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless. PRAISE GOD · He is the God of LIVING FAITH!! · He is the Great Redeemer & Saves us by our faith in Him ASK GOD · To activate my faith to be a dynamic, living faith · To lead me to accomplish the calling He has on my life 18 Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.” PRAISE GOD · He has gifted me & equipped me to good deeds · He empowers my efforts for Him to reveal my faith to the world ASK GOD · Anoint me, Holy Spirit, to be powerful & effective in my work · Help me to engage & activate my faith through serving 19 You say you have faith, for you believe t

Weekly Prayer Model Connection Point Church 7/17/2022 Prayer Model for James 2:1-13 2 My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others? PRAISE GOD · He loves everyone the same. He loves me! · He is a glorious God! ASK GOD · Search my heart for favoritism · Help me develop unencumbered faith in Him & His ways 8 Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 9 But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law. PRAISE GOD · His “Royal Law” surpasses all others & is perfect · He is faithful to help us follow His commands ASK GOD · Help me to obey your perfect law · Give me strength & courage to love people well 12 So whatever you say or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law that sets you free. 13 There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to