The Book of James: ”It’s a Team Effort!”

2024-06-03

June 2, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch James 1:2-4 NASB Go to God First James 5:13 “James means that there is no time in which God does not invite us to Himself.” -John Calvin “Our whole life should be so angled towards God that whatever strikes us, whether sorrow or joy, should be deflected upwards at once into His presence.” -Alec Motyer Don’t Go It Alone James 5:14-15 Acts 20:28 Matthew 18:19-21 Hebrews 10:35-37 Reconcile Sooner than Later

June 2, 2024

Associate Pastor Eric Burch

James 1:2-4 NASB

Go to God First

James 5:13

“James means that there is no time in which God does not invite us to Himself.” -John Calvin

“Our whole life should be so angled towards God that whatever strikes us, whether sorrow or joy, should be deflected upwards at once into His presence.” -Alec Motyer

Don’t Go It Alone

James 5:14-15

Acts 20:28

Matthew 18:19-21

Hebrews 10:35-37

Reconcile Sooner than Later

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. -James 5:16a

Matthew 5:23-24

James 4:1-2

Make Human Effort, expect Supernatural Results

A prayer of a righteous person, when it is brought about, can accomplish much. -James 5:16b

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective -James 5:16b (NIV)