What do you do while you’re waiting on God?

In James Week 7, Pastor Aaron walks through James 4–5 to uncover a counter-cultural wisdom for planning, handling wealth, and waiting on the Lord. James confronts arrogant assumptions about tomorrow, exposes the danger of wealth without surrender, and reminds us that our lives are like a mist—temporary, fragile, and fully dependent on God.

This message challenges us to ask:

• Are my plans shaped by God’s will—or my own gain?
• Am I storing up treasures on earth or in heaven?
• Am I waiting with patience—or anxiety?

James doesn’t condemn planning or wealth—he confronts pride, arrogance, and misplaced security. Instead of self-sufficiency, we are called to humility. Instead of hoarding, generosity. Instead of panic about the future, patient trust in the Lord’s coming.

Because real wisdom isn’t just about making plans—it’s about surrendering them.

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📚 Scripture References

• James 3:13–18
• James 4:13–17
• James 5:1–11
• Colossians 3:1–4
• Matthew 6:19–21; 7:21; 16:24–26
• Luke 12:16–21
• Philippians 3:7–8
• 1 John 2:16–17

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What causes fights, jealousy, and division—even among believers?

In this powerful message from James 4, Pastor Jayden Zwerner walks us through one of the most confronting passages in Scripture. James doesn’t blame circumstances, politics, personality conflicts, or other people. He goes deeper. The root of conflict, he says, is the battle within us—desires that were once good but have become ultimate.

Building from James 3:13–18, we’re reminded that true wisdom is humble, peace-loving, full of mercy, and sincere. But when envy and selfish ambition take root, disorder follows. James 4 asks the hard question: What happens when “me, my, and mine” take the driver’s seat of our lives?

Through the story of Rachel and Leah (Genesis 29–30), we see how unchecked jealousy and comparison can spiral into relational destruction. What begins as a good desire can slowly become an idol—reshaping our identity, our prayer life, and even our friendships.

This sermon explores:

• Why conflicts often reveal deeper heart issues
• How good desires become “ultimate things”
• What it means to delight in the Lord (Psalm 37:4)
• The danger of friendship with the world (James 4:4)
• The hope found in James 4:6 — “But He gives us more grace.”

The invitation is not shame—it’s grace. The same grace that saved you is the grace that sustains you. When we humble ourselves, submit to God, and draw near to Him, He promises to lift us up.

If you’ve ever wrestled with envy, comparison, unanswered prayer, or frustration that obedience isn’t “paying off,” this message is for you.

📖 Scripture Focus: James 3:13–18; James 4:1–10
🙏 Closing Prayer: Psalm 51:10–12

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In James Week 5, Pastor Aaron McRae tackles one of the most challenging and relevant issues in our everyday lives: our words. From trained animals and massive ships to raging wildfires, James uses vivid imagery to show that while humans can tame almost anything, no one can tame the tongue.

Walking through James 3, this teaching reveals the sobering truth that uncontrolled speech can wound deeply, divide communities, and even shape the direction of our lives. Words are never words “just slipping out”—they reveal what is stored in the heart. Gossip, anger, careless teaching, and online speech all carry disproportionate power, especially in a world where everyone has a platform.

But James doesn’t leave us stuck. The tongue may not be able to be tamed, but it can be transformed. Through submission to God, repentance, wisdom, and the renewing work of Jesus, our words can move from destruction to healing, from division to reconciliation. As followers of Christ, we are called to speak life—words that glorify God, build others up, and point people toward the reconciling hope of the gospel.

Resources & Scriptures Referenced

Primary Passage

• James 3:1–12
• James 1:26
• James 4:7–8

Supporting Scriptures

• Proverbs 18:21
• Ephesians 4:29
• Matthew 12:34–37
• 2 Corinthians 5:16–21
• Psalm 19:14

Practical Tools

• Good, God, Gospel Conversations
  https://goodgodgospel.com/

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