July 24, 2016 | Sermon Notes

James 5:19-20

Matthew 18:15-17

Proverbs 10:12

1 Peter 4:8

July 17, 2016 | Sermon Notes

Authentic Prayer / James 5:13-18

Pray at All Times, in All Circumstances (James 5:13-14)

Respond with Personal Prayer (James 5:13)

Request Intercessory Prayer (James 5:14)

Prayer Changes Things (James 5:15-16)

Prayer Restores and Renews (James 5:15)

There’s Healing Potential within a Praying Community (James 5:16)

Prayer + Righteousness = Transformational Power (James 5:16-18)

God uses Ordinary People to do Extraordinary Things

Answers to Prayer are Within the Reach of Any Believer

Where Prayer Focuses, Power Falls

July 10, 2016 | Sermon Notes | John Alexander

James 5:12
Matthew 5:33-37
1 Samuel 2:3
Proverbs 16:2

July 3, 2016 | Sermon Notes

Authentic Endurance / James 5:7-11

How does God want us to respond when we’ve been treated unfairly?
Where does the motivation to respond that way come from?

James 5:7-11

Exercise Patience (James 5:7)

Exercise Faith in His Promised Return (James 5:8)

Exercise Restraint (James 5:9)

Emulate the Example of Others (James 5:10)

Embrace the Lord’s Purpose and Provision (James 5:11)

Embrace the hope of tomorrow to patiently endure the hardships of today.

June 26, 2016 | Sermon Notes

James 5:1-6

1. A lifestyle of hoarding disregards an eternal perspective on people and possessions.

2. A lifestyle of injustice disregards the heart of God for the lowly.

3. A lifestyle of indulgence reveals an appetite solely for my own passions.

Luke 12:32-34

1 Timothy 6:6-10

June 19, 2016 | Sermon Notes

James 4:13-17

1. Planning with control over your future in mind is planning without God in mind.

2. Life is uncertain, short, and out of our control.

3. Condition your mind and heart to see that all my possessions, relationships, and plans belong to God.

Prayer: plan nothing without petitioning God.

Practice: do nothing without the permission of God.

4. Leaving God out of our plans is living in prideful rebellion.

June 12, 2016 | Sermon Notes

James 4:6-10

1. Humility resists the Devil.

2. Humility draws us close to God.

3. Humility brings confession that leads to holiness.

4. Humility produces seriousness toward sin.

5. The gospel’s formula: the way “up” is “down.”

June 5, 2016 | Sermon Notes

James 4:1-10

1. Humility brings submission and opens the door to God’s grace.

March 13, 2016 | Sermon Notes

1. Teachers face great accountability for their content and character (James 3:1).

2. Control over your words leads to control over your life (James 3:2-5).

3. Words can cause great damage – deep and wide – if untamed (James 3:5-9).

Ephesians 4:29-32

4. Words divulge what is genuine and display the fruit of our lives (James 3:9-12).

Jesus in Matthew 12:33-37

5. To speak evil of others is elevate ourselves to God’s level (James 4:11-12).

February 21, 2016 | Sermon Notes

1. Faith without fruit is not authentic faith at all (James 2:14-17)

2. Belief about God does not equal belief in God (James 2:18-19)

3. Authentic faith is affirmed and completed by works not achieved by works (James 2:20-26)

Ephesians 2:8-10

A. Abandonment of everything.

B. Available to all.

Two questions to monitor spiritual health:
Who am I trusting?
Why am I working?

February 14, 2016 | Sermon Notes

1. You cannot carry the name of Jesus in one hand and show favoritism with the other (James 2:1)

2. We’re quick to show favoritism because our hearts are conditioned by our culture (James 2:2-4)

3. Favoritism runs counter to the culture of God’s kingdom (James 2:5-7)

God’s thinking on our differences:

a. God has made us in his image and our diversity reflects His glory (Genesis 1:26-27)

b. God’s character shows no favoritism (Romans 2:11, Ephesians 6:9, and Colossians 3:25)

c. The gospel breaks down ethnic barriers (Ephesians 2:14)

d. The nations–all ethnic groups–will be worshipping together around the throne at the end of history (Revelation 7:9-10)

4. We deceive ourselves if we think we’re both moral and show favoritism (James 2:8-11)

5. The answer to favoritism is to treat others as God has treated us in the gospel (James 2:12-13)

February 7, 2016 | Sermon Notes

1. Authentic Christianity removes filth and replenishes it with the Word (James 1:19-21)

2. Authentic Christianity prioritizes transformation over the transfer of information (James 1:22-25)

3. Authentic Christianity strives for holiness as it cares for the helpless (James 1:26-27)