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JAMES S.O.A.P. ~ CHAPTER 4

Monday, 8/12/24

SCRIPTURE:

But He gives a greater grace.  Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” ~ James 4:6

OBSERVATION:

I first read this as He gives me grace if I'm humble - as in I have and can share grace in my humility...

...but then it "no, duh"'d me - He gives me His grace only when I give Him no reason to "oppose" me...

...and THEN, in my humility can I share His grace...

APPLICATION:

Take no pride in being humble (an oxymoron if there ever was one)

Take no pride in His grace...

Humbly receive His greater grace...

Live grace-fully... 

PRAYER:

Grace giving Heavenly Father - I ask forgiveness for my pridefulness and selfishness, and give thanks for Your grace and mercy - may Your Holy Spirit continue to remind me to live fully in both of these gifts -  to all I find You bringing into my life today - family, friends, acquaintances, strangers in traffic or on the street - they, too are known You - In Jesus's example of surrendering His will for Yours and in His Name and for Your glory and recognition in everything I say and do today.

Humbly yours - in Him...

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Submit Yourselves to God

1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us? 6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

“God opposes the proud    but shows favor to the humble.”

7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?

Boasting About Tomorrow

13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them. — James 4 | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide. Cross References: Exodus 10:3; Numbers 23:19; 1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 14:35; 1 Kings 3:11; 2 Chronicles 15:2; Nehemiah 8:9; Job 7:7; Job 22:29; Psalm 39:5; Psalm 66:18; Psalm 138:6; Proverbs 14:13; Proverbs 27:1; Isaiah 33:22; Jeremiah 2:2; Ezekiel 16:32; Matthew 7:1; Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:18; Luke 12:47; John 9:41; Acts 18:21; Romans 7:23; Romans 14:4; 1 Corinthians 5:6; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Ephesians 4:27; Ephesians 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:23; James 5:6; 1 John 2:16; 1 John 3:15

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Outward strength through internal compassion and unity

Today we will be looking at the core Bible principle of compassion, and how compassion and unity with one another can provide a foundation for reaching others with the message of the Kingdom. 1 Peter 3:8-9 – Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other in brotherly love. Be compassionate, and keep a humble attitude.  Do not give back evil for evil or insult for insult…

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Signalis (2022) [H.P. Lovecraft, The Festival] /Sagittarius A* / Kathy Acker, Pussy, King of the Pirates / Outer Wilds (2020) / Is There a God-Shaped Hole at the Heart of Mathematics? / Drain for overflowing water at Sambuco Dam, Lavizzara Valley / ? / Thomasin Frances, Hole Theory (15/10/2022) / Bryan’s Ground, a public garden in Herefordshire on the Welsh border. / odd, weird, strange and unusual / Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves / Evil (2019-2014) / Judas H., Overflowing With Empty / Illustration of the Annular Eclipse of 1836 from “A fourteen weeks course in descriptive astronomy”, Joel Dorman Steele (1836-1886) / @imdad_barbhuyan on Instagram / The moon’s Copernicus crater. Through magic glasses. 1890. / Kaveh Akbar / Dune (2021) / x / Dmitry Kochanovich, Epiphany (Russian,b. 1972) / The Silt Verses, Chapter 41: But As My Last Breath Splits My Throat / Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, The Camp is a Bait for Time / Darina Muravjeva, Hole / Hilde Heynen in Heterotopia and the City / x / Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers / x /  Louise Glück, from Descending Figure / Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay. / Caitlyn Siehl, What We Buried; from “A Letter To Love” / Lara de Moor, Orb (2014) / Sam Sax, Pig / The National - Wake Up Your Saints / Aleksander Rostov / Sanna Wani, from “Princess Mononoke (1997)”, My Grief, the Sun / Gregory Orr, [i want to go back] / Thomas Ott / ? / Judas H., Overflowing With Empty / James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room / Massive sinkhole swallows house in Florida / Edna St Vincent Millay, in Letters (1952) /Silent Hill 4 (2004) / @/vren-diagram / Anne Boyer, What Resembles the Grave But Isn’t / Law of Holes / Scarlet Hollow (2021) / China Miéville, from Railsea

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appear, disappear

20240208 Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Pexels.com appear, disappear James 4:13-17 (JDV) James 4:13 Come on, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”James 4:14 Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring – what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then disappears.James…

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Church notes - 29th October 2023

29th Psalm 27

Psalm 105 James 4:7 - 9 Matthew 11:28 - 30

Matthew 9:9 - 13 Matthew - the Gospel to the Jewish people. It is likely that Matthew knew Who was calling him.

Tax collectors

Extorted people for more money than they gave the authorities. More like the Mafia than any modern day tax agency.

Worked for Rome; the enemy.

We are accepted in Jesus, no matter what we have done.

Rose up. Matthew left behind his empty life.

Luke 15:15 Contrast Matthew 8:8 - 20 Did that man follow? or not? There is a cost to following Jesus.

Where is your comfort and security coming from?

Where our fears are is our baggage.

Fear is a powerful driver. But Jesus is not calling us to live a life of fear, but to wholly trust in Him.

vs 12 Reference: Hosea 6:6.