Sorry, life has been busy. I knew I had missed posting last week, but didn’t realize I had missed the week before too. Wow! So to sum up:
May 10 (James 5:1-6) – We talked a lot about the balance of living wisely and being financially responsible (saving for our futures) and the warning about riches here. These were tough verses. How that looks to each person is different, but we talked about our motives and why we save our money. Ultimately if God tells us to give away all our money, we need to obey him. We also talked about listening to he cries of those in need.
May 17 – (James 5:7-12) We talked about how a farmer doesn’t just sit around and wait for a crop to come up. He continues to take care of the ground, watering and weeding. So we need to be doing and sharing as we wait for the Lord. We were all challenged not to grumble – how hard that is! We also spent time discussing what it means to “swear” or “take an oath”. And if our character is as it should be we should not have to take an oath to prove to people we will keep our word.
May 24 – (James 5:13-18) These verses are great verses to read over and over again. We discussed the part about anointing the sick and praying over people and what that looks like in our time and age. We also talked about how we would love to be know as the person of “earnest prayer” and a “righteous person”. We need to all be striving for this, but through Jesus we are already righteous.
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