Sermons on Yaakov 4:16: showing 61-75 of 189

Living A Life After God Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2008

James warns us of running ahead of God and forgetting to make sure our life is being lived out by His plan.

11 Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to ...read more

Scripture: James 4:11-17

What Is My Life? Series

Contributed by Steven Buhr on Mar 27, 2008

James has some strong words for those who would boast and brag about wealth rather than follow God’s will for their life.

What is my life? James 4:13-17 The Attorney and the Fisherman A hard-driving corporate attorney saw a fisherman he knew from church one afternoon, legs dangling off the pier as he helped his two young sons catch crabs. “Why aren’t you out there fishing?” he asked. “Because I’ve caught enough fish ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

How To Respond To The Will Of God Series

Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 14, 2008

God has a will for our lives. The question is, how will we respond to that will?

1. Illus. of man on motorcycle (Getting Down To Brass Tacks, pages 137-138) • Punchline- “I’m going home…. if it’s the Lord’s will!” 2. I want to talk to: • That Christian who I struggling to stay in God’s will, and wondering if it was all worth it. James has a word for you/ • That Christian who ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

Draw Me Near, Lord! Series

Contributed by Jonathan Powell on May 15, 2007

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

Scripture: James 4:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Getting Ahead Of Ourselves Series

Contributed by Josh Reich on Jun 4, 2007

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

Scripture: James 4:11-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Are You Ready?

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 22, 2008

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

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Wesleyan

Overcoming Tomorrow Series

Contributed by Mike Schultz on Oct 31, 2007

#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

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

Life's Foundational Choice

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Nov 29, 2007

It’s very basic, this choice. And the results of the choice are also very basic, very universal. You will believe that God is and shape your life accordingly, or you will not. And the results of the choice are eternal

Passage: James 4:13-17 Intro: There are two distinctly different ways to view the world. 1. and they produce very different results in a persons life, and in the life of a nation. 2. one view is very common, the other somewhat rare. 3. one view is very safe, the other very dangerous. 4. ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Getting The Big Picture Series

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 9, 2001

Understanding the sovereignty of God, and how that should affect the way I live.

August 12, 2001 The Sovereignty of God is more than a doctrine. If I have learned anything about how much control God exerts on everything in life it is these two: a. There are no accidents. When a cowboy applied for health insurance, the agent routinely asked if he had had any accidents during ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: United Methodist

My Plans Or God's Plans Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Aug 11, 2001

We make our plans, but we forget to seek God’s plans for our lives.

First Baptist Church August 12, 2001 James 4:13-17 My Plans or God’s I would like to ask you a few questions. Please raise your hand if you answer yes. How many of you have purchased homes in your lifetimes? How many of you have worked? How many of you have taken a vacation or will take a ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

Signposts Along The Jesus Way

Contributed by Simon Robinson on Sep 13, 2001

A Biblical reflection on the events in New York on 11th September 2001

Signposts He had seen the dawn of many Tuesday mornings, but this one was different, this one was special because it was going to culminate everything he had lived for. He slept little of the Monday night, rose several hours before sunrise, and met his accomplices before they set of on a ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-16, Isaiah 40:18-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It Is The Right Thing To Do

Contributed by Johnny Bley on Sep 13, 2001

The right thing to do is to be obedient and faithful to God.

It’s The Right Thing To Do James 4:11-17 How many kinds of people are there in the world? To us, there are many—we try to classify them according to nationality, race, religion, gender, and even economics. However, to God there are only two: the lost sinner and the saved sinner. The lost ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-10, James 4:11-17

Denomination: Baptist

The Problems With Playing God Series

Contributed by Tim George on Sep 17, 2001

This passage deals with how pride tends to cause us to play God and the problems that go along with that.

"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. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge ...read more

Scripture: James 4:11-17

Denomination: Baptist

"Who Died & Made You Judge?"

Contributed by J. Douglas Duty Jr. on Oct 15, 2001

#7 in series through James

“Who died and made you Judge?” James 4:11-17 We are back in James again as we move toward the close of the book. And once again we find James discussing with the church an issue that has erupted in the Jerusalem Church. There had risen this issue of people within the church seeking to ...read more

Scripture: James 4:11-17

Denomination: Baptist

Seriously Series

Contributed by John Harvey on Mar 29, 2006

God calls us to take sin seriously and choose to live for his plan rather than our own.

James: Religion That Works “Seriously” April 2, 2006 Introduction: Did you ever wonder if the people who wrote the Bible actually expected the readers of the letters to do what they said? I mean, did they really think that what they said was so important? James calls us to seriously consider the ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-17

Denomination: Baptist