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  • Mike Schultz avatar

    Overcoming Tomorrow Series

    Contributed by Mike Schultz on Oct 31, 2007
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     | 8,837 views

    #9 in a series dealing with the book of James. Addresses the boasts, uncertainty, and yet hope for tomorrow.

    Overcoming Tomorrow James 4:13-17 One day a man went to his doctor for his annual physical. A couple weeks later, he went back in order to hear the results. His doctor said, “Well, I have some bad news and some even worse news. Which do you want to hear first?” The man became somewhat ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jonathan Powell avatar

    Draw Me Near, Lord! Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Powell on May 15, 2007
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    Sermon 5 in a series of 7 on Living the Christian Life - out of James

    Living the Christian Life Draw Me Near Lord! James 4:1-17 When everything is going bad in life, there is only one place to turn for guidance. One place to turn for help, help that will last for an eternity. It is not a temporary fix to a permanent problem. However, it is a permanent fix, to a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Getting Ahead Of Ourselves Series

    Contributed by Josh Reich on Jun 4, 2007
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    Many people in our culture are planners, in fact, our culture holds up planning ahead as an ideal. But what does the Bible say? Does planning ahead take God out of the equation?

    A Search for What is Real: Getting Ahead of Ourselves (James 4:11 – 17) Have you ever had a decision and didn’t know what to do? Maybe it had to do with a career choice, which college to go to, who to date, whether to get married, buy that first house, start a family. All of us at different ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Making Life Count

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Oct 2, 2009
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    Are my priorities out of order? • Am I putting more time and energy into those areas that are very little consequence? • Should I be putting more time into my family and my marriage and service to God? Maybe today is the day that we should reevalu

    Making The Most Of Your Life How many times have we heard the expression "Get A Life". • Today my main goal is to encourage you to “get a life” • A life that is full of God’s blessings / rewards. • I want to talk about the life that we’ve have been given in God and what a Great life it is. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Carl Allen avatar

    Ways To Deal With The Future

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Oct 7, 2009
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    In this text James is making the point to the readers that knowing the future is not near as important as being prepared for the future.

    Ways to Deal with the Future James 4:13-17 Introduction Mankind has always demonstrated an almost unquenchable desire to know the future. Psychics in this country rake in millions of dollars annually because people want to know what the future holds. Probably every major newspaper in this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You Ready?

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 22, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,760 views

    A very last-minute message given during a service after the death of my father-in-law the previous week.

    Note: this message was put together in about 2 minutes during the singing portion of the service, and was not the message I had intended to give! Therefore this is a very sparse outline. The audio version fleshes this out, and I would encourage you to listen to that as you look at this ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    The Sin Of Self-Sufficiency

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jul 9, 2008
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    When we speak against another brother we are actually showing hate toward the law of love!

    The Sin of Self-Sufficiency Text: James 4:11-17 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He, who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Facing The Future

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jul 13, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
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    A message for our graduates.

    Dakota Community Church June 22, 2008 Facing the Future It is Graduate Sunday here at Dakota Community Church and we are looking forward with these fresh faced young adults to the exciting times that lie ahead. People love to wonder about the future; don’t they? I mean we dream about it, we tell ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    The Places You'll Go Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 9, 2009
    based on 64 ratings
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    The businessmen in James 4 don’t seem to be boastful and proud to me... and yet God says they were. What makes a person proud?

    OPEN: Dr. Seuss once wrote a poem entitled: “The Places You’ll Go” And part of it goes like this: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Submit To God Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Aug 27, 2009
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     | 4,419 views

    The key to the whole book is found in the command to submit ourselves to God. duh!

    We have all seen, read, or heard something like the following. It describes the attitude of possession for a 2-year-old. If I want it, it’s mine If I like it, it’s mine If it looks like it’s yours in any kind of way, it’s mine If I need it, it’s mine If you buy it, it’s mine If I don’t have ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Determinator

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 31, 2009
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     | 7,068 views

    What determines things in life? Chance, fate, karma? Who determines things in life? Me, others, Satan? God is the great Determinator.

    THE DETERMINATOR INTRODUCTION: What actually determines things in life? Is it just luck? Is it karma? Is it Fate? Does everything happen simply by chance or coincidence? Although Arnold Schwarzenaggar was the Terminator, he was not the de-terminator. And neither are some others we’ll be talking ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • DAN SANTIAGO avatar

    God-Centered Planning

    Contributed by Dan Santiago on Aug 31, 2009
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    Every Christian must live his life according to God’s will.

    GOD-CENTERED PLANNING JAMES 4:13-17 BIG IDEA: Every Christian must live his life according to God’s will. INTRODUCTION ILLUSTRATION Dr. Auguste Nelaton, (Nelaton Catheter) the great French surgeon, once said that if he had four minutes in which to perform an operation on ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Facing The Future Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 30, 2008
    based on 54 ratings
     | 14,199 views

    This sermon looks at three mistakes people make about how to handle the future. Mistake One: Planning Without GOD Mistake Two: Taking Tomorrow For GRANTED Mistake Three: Delaying doing GOOD

    Facing The Future Today we’re going to look at James chapter four – verses thirteen thru seventeen and see what James tells us about “Facing the Future”. As Americans we are all concerned about the future. We ask: “What will gas prices be next week?” “Who will win the election?” “When will ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Approaching Tomorrow Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 24, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,282 views

    God expects His people to plan the future after factoring in His rule over their life.

    JAMES 4:13-17 APPROACHING TOMORROW “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    Fog And Jelly Beans

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 4, 2009
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     | 5,609 views

    A look at how we would live if we knew that our life was about to end. This was a message for the first Sunday of the New Year

    Having grown up in the Maritimes and spending most of my teens years around boats and ships of one description or another I am fairly familiar with fog, especially when you consider my formative years were spent in Saint John or as we fondly remember it CFBC, Canada’s Fog Bound City. And some fog ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan