James | Week 3

I want to once again, welcome everyone here this morning.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for always being

faithful to attend support. support each other, you not

supporting building you not supporting, you know, the not

even really supporting. You know, the leaders you're

supporting each other and as you're supporting each other,

you are supporting the leaders as well.

So I thank you for always being faithful to attend.

This morning, before we dive into the word, we once again be

in book of James obviously, being once again, we'll be

finishing chapter 1 of James's morning before we dive into the

ministry. And this morning, I wanted to

force to pray together. I want us to pray for Kyle and

Patricia and I want us to pray for a Jasper and Sherry.

obviously, we Still love grieve for competition.

Their family. They are Currently out, on their

way out of town, there had a trip planned and they decided to

go ahead and to go on the trip. So let's pray for them for one

safety on the road. But to that, this would be a

time of refreshing for them and for Sherry and Jasper that I

know that they both hate being away.

I to I spoke with Jasper this morning and he said he'll be

back next week he'll be he'll be back in the Pulpit next week.

Preaching, I know it's hard and difficult for them to be away as

well. So, let's just let's just take a

moment and pray for for Kyle and for Jasper and their families.

I meant. Let's pray.

Father, I praise you. I magnify your name.

Father I pray for Kyle Patricia. For Wales for mayor for hadn't

father, I pray father for for the trip today while they're on

the road that you would father. Keep your hand, a protection

upon them. Father.

I pray that this would be a time of refreshing for them.

Father, help them in the midst of their grief to find solace.

Father, help them. To find enjoyment in this trip,

father continued to undergird them continue to lift them

continue to comfort them. Holy Spirit.

And help us all to continue to lift them up every day in

prayer. And father, I pray for Jasper

and for sharing father's, they're still still away is as

Sherry is undergoing medical treatment.

Father, I pray that Lord your strengthen them.

I know that they both hate being away.

Father, I just ask that you would be with them, strengthen

them. I pray, father for, you know,

the separation time, father that you would help.

Help them to stay upbeat, not to let you know, doubt or any kind

of depression. Father to be in the equation.

Father, for, you know, this this being away this distance father

and fill in like, you know, they need to be here, the father,

they're doing what they need to do right now.

So father, I just ask that you be with them and comfort them.

Continue to lead in God, Sherry's treatment, father I

pray. And we just give you all are and

go and praise. Amen.

Well, this morning, we are going to dive into the last section of

the Book of James chapter 1 and the title of today's lesson is

James 1 · chapter mention

hearing and during the word hearing and during the word.

So, As we as we dive in, we're going to be in starting in verse

19, 19, through 27. And before before we get in, I

want to check your Echo Steve sentiment from last Sunday.

Thank you for your support during actually over the past

past year or so as Steve and I have Went went through and is

still continued her to go through the eldership candidate

process. It's been humbling.

It's been encouraging. Its Ben I don't know if I need

to be doing this. It's Ben. very, Very heavy, very

heavy. So so thank you for standing

with us and thank you for standing with each other during

this time. When both Kyle and Jasper are

not here, thank you for continuing to be faithful to our

church. Continue to be faithful to Alan,

and Steve and myself. So, Thank you for that.

If you're able this morning, if you're stand for the reading of

God's word, will once again be in the Book of James chapter 1.

James 1 · chapter mention

And we will begin in verse 19. What our God says?

No this my beloved Brothers let every person be quick to hear

slow to speak. Slow to anger.

For the anger of man. Does not produce the

righteousness of God, therefore put away all filthiness and

Rapid wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted

word, which is able to save your souls.

But be doers of the word and not hearers only deceiving

yourselves for if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a

doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in

a mirror for he looks at himself and goes away and at once

forgets, what he was like, but the one who looks into the

perfect law, the law of Liberty and perseveres being no here,

who forgets, but a doer who acts, he will be.

His doing. If anyone thinks he is religious

and does not Bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this

person's religion is worthless religion.

That is pure and undefiled before God, the father, is this

to visit orphans and widows in their Affliction and to keep

oneself unstained from the world.

Let's once again, pray this morning, Father I thank Thank

you, and I magnify your name. Father, as we began to expound

to open your word to unpack. Everything that says in these

verses in this in this chapter of James chapter one, father, I

just ask that you will move Upon Our Hearts and move on our

minds. Father, may we hear?

With ears and see with eyes of the spirit this morning, not

with the flesh. Father, help us to receive.

Eagerly. Followed this morning, your word

and I father, I ask that you will give me the words to say,

allow them to hear you and not me this morning, I pray.

Amen, maybe see, thank you. what the main idea of this morning,

that I want to present before you Is by doing it by being a

doer of God's implanted word, we work together with the Holy

Spirit. To live out the sanctification

process. By being a doer of God's

implanted word. We work together with the Holy

Spirit to live out the sanctification process.

In 1:19 James turns, to the main point, he wants to make in his

letter that create Christianity is not.

Just about believing certain things or claiming to have

faith. It is having your life

transformed by the gospel. In other words, being a

Christian is not just about hearing God's word but also

doing it. Of course, that doesn't mean

that here in the word isn't important, a mind that is

Discontent full of its own opinions and not ready to

listen. We're not be able to receive

God's word, but once the word is received, it must be put into

action. That finally is the mark of a

Christian as Christians. We should not only hear the word

of God but also put it in practice.

So this is the main point, we finally get to the main point.

Point of what James is wanting to speak to us here in his book

that that we need to be transformed by the gospel.

And this. And if you recognize, if you

recognize what a just read, this is from our study in the Book of

James. If you are on in home groups,

you may recognize what I just read that.

When it says, a mind that is discontent full of its own

opinions and not ready to listen.

Will not be able to receive God's word.

In the book of. Book of Proverbs, that tells us

that A full only wants to hear his own opinions.

A full will only speak the out. He is, he doesn't want to

listen. He only wants to speak what his

own opinions. So for us to be able to receive

the word of God, To receive that implanted word of God, we must

be able to receive that without our opinions, getting in the

way. When we read God's word.

Our opinion doesn't matter. God's word.

God's word says what God's word says?

It doesn't matter what our opinion says.

Sometimes people, you know, find scriptures and I've joked about

this before. But sometimes people find

scriptures they call black marks.

A lot scriptures where they want to get a black permanent marker

and write through that scripture.

And they want to they like everything else they read, but

they didn't like that, so they just going to mark it out.

Well, you know that won't work. We have to receive it all.

Amen. So our opinion doesn't matter.

Only thing that matters is God's word.

Our opinion isn't worth a hill of beans.

That's why we have to look into that mirror, amen.

So we have to receive here, receive the word of God and then

we put it into practice. Now.

Let's take a few minutes to review what we've already

learned in here in the book of James.

The first week, Alan did a wonderful job of T in this

series up here in the first part of James we read and we learned

about the process of steadfastness And how does this

happen in during trials with joy?

According to James 1:2, how many knows that phrase in during

James 1:2

trials? With joy, is what I call an

oxymoron, they don't go together, trials and joy.

No trials is one of the Christian dirty words, trials

suffering, you know, those are you know dirty words sometimes

to a lot of people because I don't want it they want to hear

about God's love and God's grace which is that's all that's true.

But they don't want to know about.

They don't want to think about the process of getting to that

better place. Wednesday night at home groups,

I've mentioned a message, I heard a long time ago and the

title of the message was a city called good.

And in the message, the pastor that I had at the time was

preaching this message of how that lots of Tom's Walking with

God, we get to a really good place, a place of comfort

oblate, place of contentment. And what happens is, lots of

times. We want to settle right there,

but God is always pushing us. God is always pushing us to go

farther, and he has a better place for us to go.

But lots of times we as Christians, we don't want to go

to that better place because of our content where we're at.

We're in a good place. Why miss something good up to

take a step of faith. We feel God's leading.

We feel God's direction to go to that better place, but we're

hey, we're content. I'm, I'm content.

There were there were two and a half tribes that decided they

didn't want to go into the promised land because they were

content where they were at on on their side of Jordan.

They they had they went they had to go and and help the other

tribes, clear the lamb. But after it was done they came

back. They made a deal with Moses.

They didn't want to go, they play they pleaded with him, you

read the scriptures. They said basically They begged

them not to make us go across the Jordan said we found this.

This good land or cattle is here.

Where content? Yeah.

God has this Promised Land over there, but we don't want to go

there. We want to stay where we're Rat

and they did. They got their good place but

they didn't get the better place and lots of times.

We as Christians we're in that same process that we can be at a

good place, but God wants to push us further into that better

place. and one of the things he uses his trials, So in during

trials with joy, how is this accomplished accomplished

through faith? A tested Faith produces.

Steadfastness. That's the only thing that will

produce that fastens on life is a tested Faith.

This word steadfastness here in James means to Terry behind to

remain, or to abide. Means to persevere under

misfortunes and trials and to hold fast to one's faith in

Christ. So are tested faith.

Produces steadfastness. So there's one of those things.

Be careful what you pray for, you want to, you want to, you

want to Jesus said, In John 10:10.

John 10:10

He gave he gave to mission statements.

He gave the mission statement of our adversary the devil.

Then he gave his own mission statement.

He said, the Devil Comes, the thief comes only to steal kill

and destroy. And then, he said, I have come

to give you life and life, abundantly, our life to the full

two, distinct promises, He came to give us life.

He came to give us salvation, but he also came so that in that

life of Salvation, we can live. Abundantly, we can live to the

full in him. So, we have the choice, we can

either live. We can be saved and lived.

Beautiful lives. Always struggling with something

or we can live in an abundant life in a life to the full, but

it's up to us. We have to allow God to push us

into that better place. and then we find out that says, if any

lacks wisdom, Let a mass. What?

Why do we need that wisdom? We need that wisdom to endure

those trials. How do you?

What comes about the steadfastness?

The wisdom is that we remain and we abide in Christ.

John 15 verses 1 through 5 says this.

John 15:1–5

I am the True Vine and my father is the vinedresser.

Every branch in me that does not bear fruit.

He takes away and every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes

this prune prunes in this pruning is the trial that that

trials that we go through that, it may bear more fruit.

Already, you are clean. I get this already.

Are you clean? Because of the word.

I have spoken to you. So, the pruning process isn't

salvation. You've already cling.

The pruning process is getting this to that better place.

Abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit by

itself. Unless it abides in the vine,

neither, can you unless you abide in me?

I am the vine. You are the branches, whoever

abides in me and I in him he is it that bears much fruit for

apart from me, you can do nothing.

So when we seek wisdom by abiding in Christ, We produce

fruit. And one of those fruits is

steadfastness under trial. So count it all joy.

That's why we can count it all joy.

Amen. it says in verse 4, that when we endure trials that that

the stet, the steadfastness produces three things, That we

will be perfect complete. Lacking nothing.

This word perfect means brought to its end or finished or

full-grown. It's mature.

The word complete means complete in all its parts.

A body without blemish in the phrase, lacking nothing.

Means to lag or be inferior. So, the steadfast is under trial

produces in US of maturity. A body that was that's without

blemish and we're not inferior. We are superior.

Amen. I've said this before.

A room should be better when we walk into it because we take

Christ with us a man. So a room should be better if

you walk into that room. Some, you know, I've said this

before to some rooms are better when someone leaves but we are

room should be better for us walking into that room.

Amen. Because we crack, we carry

Christ with us. Everywhere we go.

And then last week, Steve. also, did a wonderful job of teaching

about How the man who stand steadfast as blessed according

to James 1:12? And why?

James 1:12

Because of his endurance? He were not be lured Away by

temptation. By abiding in Christ his abiding

in Christ. Allows him not to fall prey to

his own desire to look for help in something else.

Other than God, James chapter 1, verses 14, and 15 says that each

James 1:14

man, each one of us has drawn away and enticed by our own

desire and then When sin when that when that enticement we

give in and bring it brings forth the sin and then When sin

is finished, it brings forth death.

How do we resist that? We resist that bastard being

steadfast so blessed and happy is the man who remains steadfast

under trial and does not take the temptation to give in to

something else, to help him. Feel better about his trials,

whatever that temptation is. Lots of times, we think of, you

know, alcohol and drugs. It could be, you know, a sport.

It could be a hobby. It could be a relationship.

Anything that you, you, you go to that.

That's your piece. And you, you seek that because

it gives you a peace that rely on.

God, doesn't give you you make that Temptation.

You make that your God. Thus.

You're worshiping another God, which is idolatry.

So anything we put above God that we look to that to give us

peace and Tranquility that rely on.

God doesn't give us is a sin. And we need that was of the

things that according to Hebrews 12:1, we need to lay down a man.

Hebrews 12:1

when you are joyful During trials and remain steadfast to

not be lured into sin for Action, you are being a doer of

the implanted word of God, so count it all joy.

When we, when we go through various trials, because it makes

us complete, perfect complete, and lacking, nothing.

We're blessed as we heard last week.

Because we are steadfast and we don't succumb to those

Temptations. so, this week, I posed the question.

How does my trials help me to be a doer of God's word?

Remember you have to you have to take this all in constant

content in context that this is not separate from what we've

already read in James chapter 1. This is all in context.

James 1 · chapter mention

So how does my trials when she to think about this morning?

How does your trials help you to be a doer of God's word?

Well let's let's once again read here in James chapter 1 verses

James 1:19–27

19 to 27. It says, no, this my beloved

Brothers, let every person be quick to hear slow to speak,

slow to anger for the anger of man does not produce the

righteousness of God, therefore put away all filthiness and

rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted

word, which is able to save your souls.

But being, but be doers of the word and not hearers only

deceiving yourselves. For anyone is a hearer of the

word and not a doer. He is like a man who looks

intently at his natural face. Looks intently at his natural

face in a mirror for. He looks at himself and goes

away and at once forgets what he was like.

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of Liberty

and perseveres being no here, who forgets.

But a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not Bridle his tongue

but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless

religion. That is pure and undefiled

before God, the father is this To visit orphans and widows in

their Affliction and to keep oneself unstained from the

world. So what do we what do our

trials, teach us. So what do I do, trials?

Teach us. The first thing is to be quick

to hear This this phrase quick to hear means to consider what

is being said. And the word consider means to

think about carefully. So it's it's not just hearing,

but you think about what you're hearing?

You're slow to speak. I can say my mouth gets me in

trouble. Sometimes, amen.

Anybody else have that problem that we speak before we pour, we

think. We say it, and we'd like thing

is once it comes out, you can never take it back a man, slow

to speak and slow to anger. This is a process of enduring

trials. We didn't during the trials,

create steadfastness in a steadfastness of what abiding in

Christ. and through that state passed since we become perfect

complete and lacking nothing, And in that process this is what

we're being taught quick to hear slow to speak, slow to anger.

So we should be When we hear we should be hearing to consider

and think carefully about what we're hearing before we speak.

And then slow to anger. And this this anger here in this

this text means a violent passion and implies punishment.

So man, this this anger is violent.

And we want to punish because of our anger and lots of times,

we're here something someone wrote, you know, ruffle are

feathers and we want to react We want to say something.

You man. I remember a Tom. and me, and my

wife were sitting in with pastor, we had our town, Across

the table with another couple. That the husband was.

He was a very deceitful man. and he had done some things that was

very hurting and the pastor we had, he had in Good Intentions

after after some time, he realized his You know.

His wrongness in the situation, but he was wanting us to

reconcile. And, you know, I can, honestly

say sitting there, I was very choosy with my words.

But what I wanted to do was take a shovel on, hit him upside the

head and bury the body. That's what I would want to do

at that moment. and, But God used that.

In my wife and I was life. That whole circus that happened.

He used us. He used that.

God made it good. According to Romans chapter 8,

Romans 8 · chapter mention

it wasn't good in the moment. There's things that we go

through in life, that they're not good at the moment.

That's not what the verse says. But God uses it for good.

Amen. So quick to hear slow to speak,

slow to anger. And why?

Because the scripture says man's anger does not produce the

righteousness of God. Man's anger does not produce the

righteousness of God. So, what does being a doer of

God's word will produce the righteousness of God?

So how do we do this? We put away all filthiness and

Rapid wickedness. This rampant wickedness.

Is a spreading unchecked wickedness by, not abiding.

In Christ. We're not, we're not being

steadfast. We want to react, we want to do.

We want to, we want to punish We've been we've been hurt.

We've been wronged. and we want to, we want to lash out, we want

to react but learning steadfastness under trial.

We learn what Proverbs says and and the James Jones version says

yes, A wise man knows when to keep his mouth shut.

A wise man, knowest, when to keep his mouth shut.

And we need to learn when to keep her mouth shut.

And I believe that this is what its reference in here in a

double-minded man, earlier on in James because the scripture says

that he should not think that he will see receive anything from

God. James chapter 1, verses 5 6, 7 &

James 1:5

8, speaks of the unstable, man when you ask for wisdom.

But don't you have to ask without doubting?

Because a man who doubts is double-minded, he's tossed to

and fro and he'll and he's in the Bible.

The scripture says that man. Shouldn't think he will receive

anything from God. So, we cannot be double-minded

and we have to be steadfast. It says that we have to receive

with meekness the implanted word of God.

And it's implanted word of God Saves your.

So let's let's look back at this.

We often we talked about this at home groups, we talked about it

in the past, past weeks, that James lots of times.

People will say James is all about Works talks about save

salvation by works. he says here in verse Let's see.

Now, I can't find it. Diverse first 21, therefore put

away all filthiness and Rapid wickedness and receive with

meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your

souls. This blows the concept that

James teaches salvation by works out of the water.

The implanted word James says, Is what saves your soul?

And it's through the sanctification brought to us and

in Us, by the holy spirit, being a doer of God's word is us

working with the Holy Spirit. John 15 verse verse 2.

We just read. It says every branch in me that

does not bear fruit, he takes away and every branch that does

bear fruit, he prunes that it may bear more fruit.

So as we work with the Holy Spirit in the sanctification

process, remember we are justified by Christ.

We are we are saved but the sanctification process that can

take us into life to the full. Is a is a daily for a lifespan

of allowing the Holy Spirit. To sanctifies.

If we bear fruit, as we are being Sanctified, we go through

the pruning process. So, trials, prune, us and make

us more christ-like. We bear more fruit.

We look more like the image of Jesus in the mirror.

Let's speak of let's look at that.

Mirror says one, when we look into that mirror Calls it, the

perfect law, that's what James calls.

It the law of Liberty. In the ESV Study Bible.

It says this, that in James, the law and the word are two

different ways of describing the same reality earlier.

The word of Truth in verse 18, is the gospel of Christ and the

law here refers to the Old Testament law.

As it has been interpreted in fulfilled in Christ though, the

Old Testament law did not liberate God's people but

enslaved them. As Paul tall, but the law is one

of Liberty. When it comes along with the

word of word of the gospel and the power of the Holy Spirit to

change Hearts. Matthew Henry says this the

rider shows that the proper use of the word of God is.

Excuse me, the rider shows what the proper use of the word of

God is who they are, who do not use it as they should.

And Who they are, who make right use of it.

The use we are to make of God's word maybe learn from it's being

compared to a mirror in which someone looks at their face.

Just as a mirror shows us the spots and blemishes on our face.

So the word of God shows us our sins.

It shows us what is wrong. So it may be be put, right?

When we give our attention to the word of God.

So as to see are true, State and condition, and dress ourselves

are fresh by the mirror of God's word, we make proper use of it.

He continues here. He says, we have here.

An account of those who do not use the mirror of the word of

they should, we hear God's word and look into the gospel mirror

in vain. If we go away and forget our

blemishes and forget the remedy which is the Gospel of Jesus

Christ, this is the case of those who do not listen to the

word as they should. He continues again, the law, the

gospel is a law of Freedom, the law of Liberation, whereas the

ceremonial law was a burden of slavery, it is a perfect law.

And in here in the word we look into this perfect law.

We look into the law Freedom as we should only, when we continue

their in those who do this, who continue in the law and word of

God. You are and shall be blessed in

their deed. This blessedness does not lie

knowing the will of God but enduring it.

He says this is ending. It is not talking but walking It

is not talking, but walking. Is walking out our Salvation,

amen. And then let's look at the last

two verses here in James chapter, 1 verses 26 and 27.

Says that if anyone thinks he is religious and does not Bridle

his tongue. But deceives his heart, this

person's religion religion is worthless religion.

That is pure and undefiled before God, the father, is this

to visit orphans and widows in their Affliction and to keep

oneself unstained from the world.

So James is summary here, is that?

We are to be living out that the blessed life, he once again.

Talks about our tongue. He says, Bridle your tongue.

This means to God, to hold in, check to restrain your words,

which takes us back to being slow to hear, and slow to speak.

He mentions a worthless religion which means the void of forced

devoid of Truth, useless of no power to be a doer of the word.

A doer received, the implanted word of God here did not and

it's a heart. Truth that we receive.

He finishes up here talking about pure religion, religion,

that is pure and undefiled before God, the father, is this,

to visit orphans and widows in their Affliction and to keep

oneself unstained from the world. in the Old Testament, it

was a huge part of God's Direction on caring for the

fatherless and caring for the widows and exodus 22:22.

Exodus 22:22

You can read. You shall not mistreat any widow

or fatherless child. Isaiah chapter 1, verse 17 says

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good seek Justice, correct.

Depression bring Justice to the fatherless plead, the Widow's

calls. Psalm 146 verse 9 says this, the

Psalms 146:9

Lord watches over the serger nur's, he upholds, the Widow and

the fatherless but the Way of the Wicked he brings to ruin.

And now wanted to read something out of our study book in the

Book of James. That once again we're doing at

home groups, if you're not a part of Home groups I encourage

you to do so if you're not in you would like more information.

Get with Alan. Get with Steve you with myself

and we will help you plug into our home group that we meet

every every week on Wednesday nights and someone's home, we

eat a meal together and then we discuss God's word.

You are fine. This in our study book on page

32. It says, one of God's most

celebrated characteristics in the Old Testament is his

particular concern for those who are the most helpless moreover.

Because he shows that kind of concern, he expects his people

to do the same. We can see this very clearly in

Deuteronomy chapter 10 verse 18 and 19.

Deuteronomy 10:18

Speaking of God, Moses says he executes judgment Justice for

the fatherless and the Widow. He loves the surgenor given him

food and clothing. And that description of God is

followed immediately by this command.

Love the serger. Nur therefore, For You Were

Strangers in the land of Egypt. The point is simple, but

crucial, the people of God should be like God.

So our goal as we have studied have studied and continue to

study here. In the Book of James is to Start

off. Understanding what trials do for

us. And if we understand that, then

we can look at it with the with the Outlook of we can count it

all joy because we know that somehow God is going to make it

for good. So our goal should be God's goal

for our lives, and that goal is to be changed into His Image.

Second Corinthians chapter 3, verse 17 and 18 says this Now,

2 Corinthians 3:17

the Lord is the spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is there

is freedom. And we all with unveiled face

beholding, the glory of the Lord are being transformed into the

same image from one degree of Glory to another.

For this comes from the Lord, who is the spirit Trials,

coupled with abiding in Christ and his word, the implanted word

of God helps us to live out the sanctification process of the

Holy Spirit. So I want to encourage everyone.

When you go through your trials and we all know as a church

body, we're going through a massive trial right now with the

passing weenie. Kate.

That we suffer and we grieve with Colin Patricia and their

family. I want to encourage you to stand

firm, just an absolute. and as Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter

Ephesians 6:13

6, verse 13 and 14, there's a phrase that says And having done

all to stand. You stand.

You stand there for girded with the armor of God.

So sometimes all we can do is all we can do and then we stand

upon the word of God. Amen, we endure.

We stead we stay steadfast We Stand, we don't allow trials to

move us. We don't allow the situations in

our life to cause us to give in to Temptation.

We live that blessed life of hearing God's word.

And see in it. And the longer we look into that

mirror as we ran this morning, We are changed into that image,

the image of Christ. That's what that's what it were

is. Ritz representing the image of

Christ. So the more we look into that

mirror and look intently into his law.

His word we are being changed. Little bit by little bit

According to second Corinthians 3 into that image.

Amen. Let's stand and let, lets let's

pray this morning. Father, I thank you for this

day. I thank you for your word.

I thank you for the people that are here this morning.

Father, I know that whoever is here.

Our is not here by accident. so father, I just asked father,

that you are help us. To look into your word to stay

steadfast in you to abide in you to not.

Let trials. Move us.

Follow that word there and James 1:14 lured means to be lured

James 1:14

away from a safe place. Father, the Temptation that we

all suffer won't when we go through, trials is to be moved

away from our rightful place with you.

To be lured away. So that we will not experience

that. the life that you intended for us to experience, father,

you have a life of joy and peace.

Help us father to remain steadfast.

Help us father to look into your word, help us work with the Holy

Spirit to be changed into that image that image of Christ that

we see through an in your word. Father help us not be content to

stay at a place just because it's a good place.

Cuz father, you have a better place for us.

Help us. Always be working with the Holy

Spirit. Holy Spirit.

I asked that you would just lead and guide and direct us in our

lives. For Christ said, you are a

teacher. You are a God that you would

teach us all trees. Help us to hear and receive

those truth help us to set aside our own opinions.

And only trust in God's implanted word.

This morning. I just want to.

I just want to say that there is anyone here?

That you've heard. The truth of God's word, but

you're not doing it. You haven't received that

implanted word that saves your soul.

I encourage you to accept Christ this morning.

And if you want to talk this morning, you find you find me

after service. And I will, I will talk, I would

discuss with you. Jesus, we just praise you.

We honor you we magnify your name.

We just love you this morning. Amen.

Amen.