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Making Plans
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James 4:13-17
Pastor Keone
James 4:13-14
13 Come now, you who say, "Today or
tomorrow we will go to such and such a city,
and spend a year there and engage in business
and make a profit." 14 Yet you do not know
what your life will be like tomorrow. You are
just a vapor that appears for a little while and
then vanishes away.
James 4:13-14
13 Come now, you who say, "Today or
tomorrow we will go to such and such a city,
and spend a year there and engage in business
and make a profit." 14 Yet you do not know
what your life will be like tomorrow. You are
just a vapor that appears for a little while and
then vanishes away.
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Guilty of Arrogant presumption
James 4:13-14
13 Come now, you who say, "Today or
tomorrow we will go to such and such a city,
and spend a year there and engage in business
and make a profit." 14 Yet you do not know
what your life will be like tomorrow. You are
just a vapor that appears for a little while and
then vanishes away.
Guilty of Arrogant presumption
 Don’t know the future
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James 4:13-14
13 Come now, you who say, "Today or
tomorrow we will go to such and such a city,
and spend a year there and engage in business
and make a profit." 14 Yet you do not know
what your life will be like tomorrow. You are
just a vapor that appears for a little while and
then vanishes away.
Guilty of Arrogant presumption
 Don’t know the future
 Powerless to control the future
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James 4:13-14
13 Come now, you who say, "Today or
tomorrow we will go to such and such a city,
and spend a year there and engage in business
and make a profit." 14 Yet you do not know
what your life will be like tomorrow. You are
just a vapor that appears for a little while and
then vanishes away.
Guilty of Arrogant presumption
 Don’t know the future
 Powerless to control the future
 Transitory nature of life
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James 5:14-17
15 Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills,
we will live and also do this or that." 16 But as it
is, you boast in your arrogance; all such
boasting is evil. 17 Therefore, to one who
knows the right thing to do and does not do it,
to him it is sin.
James 5:14-17
15 Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills,
we will live and also do this or that." 16 But as it
is, you boast in your arrogance; all such
boasting is evil. 17 Therefore, to one who
knows the right thing to do and does not do it,
to him it is sin.
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“If the Lord wills” – attitude of the heart
James 5:14-17
15 Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills,
we will live and also do this or that." 16 But as it
is, you boast in your arrogance; all such
boasting is evil. 17 Therefore, to one who
knows the right thing to do and does not do it,
to him it is sin.
“If the Lord wills” – attitude of the heart
 If know, then do
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If we know what is right (God’s will),
why don’t we do it?
If we know what is right (God’s will),
why don’t we do it?
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Pride – think we know better
If we know what is right (God’s will),
why don’t we do it?
Pride – think we know better
 Think God’s will is optional
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If we know what is right (God’s will),
why don’t we do it?
Pride – think we know better
 Think God’s will is optional
 FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out
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Why seek to understand and follow
God’s will?
Why seek to understand and follow
God’s will?
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You will be blessed
Why seek to understand and follow
God’s will?
You will be blessed
 You will have a closer walk with Jesus
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Why seek to understand and follow
God’s will?
You will be blessed
 You will have a closer walk with Jesus
 Nothing beats knowing you are exactly
where God wants you to be.
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