Highlands Fellowship
Faith In The Fire - week 4 (Mother's Day)
May 10, 2020
Locations & Times
Highlands Fellowship Johnson City Campus
100 Centre Park Dr, Johnson City, TN 37615, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
HOW TO FACE YOUR FUTURE
James 4:13-17
THREE COMMON MISTAKES THAT WE NEED TO AVOID
THE FIRST COMMON MISTAKE WE MAKE IS PLANNING WITHOUT GOD
"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.’" James 4:13
"No man goes out and builds a house without first considering how much it's going to cost." Luke 14:28
WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? INCLUDE GOD IN YOUR GOAL SETTING
"Instead, you ought to say, `If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.'" James 4:15
"We may make our plans, but God has the last word." Proverbs 16:1
"We should make plans - counting on God to direct us." Proverbs 16:9
THE SECOND MISTAKE IS ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE TOMORROW
"Why you don't even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil." James 4:14, 16
Life is unpredictable
Life is brief
"’Come,’ they say, ‘... Let’s get some wine and have a party! Let’s all get drunk. Then tomorrow we’ll do it again and have an even bigger party!’" Isaiah 56:12
"Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth." Proverbs 27:1
WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME
"So don't be anxious about tomorrow -- God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time." Matthew 6:34
A THIRD COMMON MISTAKE IS PUTTING OFF DOING GOOD
"Anyone then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it sins." James 4:17
THE SOLUTION IS TO DO IT NOW
"Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, `Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow' -- when you now have it with you." Proverbs 3:27 - 28
There are three things you can do with your life:
Spend it
Waste it
Invest it
"Jesus told them a parable,`The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop and he thought to himself ‘What shall I do. I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. And there I will store all my grain and my goods and I will say to myself, `You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy. Eat, drink, be merry!'’ But God said to him `You fool. This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get all that you have prepared for yourself.'" Luke 12:16 - 20
James 4:13-17
THREE COMMON MISTAKES THAT WE NEED TO AVOID
THE FIRST COMMON MISTAKE WE MAKE IS PLANNING WITHOUT GOD
"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.’" James 4:13
"No man goes out and builds a house without first considering how much it's going to cost." Luke 14:28
WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? INCLUDE GOD IN YOUR GOAL SETTING
"Instead, you ought to say, `If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.'" James 4:15
"We may make our plans, but God has the last word." Proverbs 16:1
"We should make plans - counting on God to direct us." Proverbs 16:9
THE SECOND MISTAKE IS ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE TOMORROW
"Why you don't even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil." James 4:14, 16
Life is unpredictable
Life is brief
"’Come,’ they say, ‘... Let’s get some wine and have a party! Let’s all get drunk. Then tomorrow we’ll do it again and have an even bigger party!’" Isaiah 56:12
"Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth." Proverbs 27:1
WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME
"So don't be anxious about tomorrow -- God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time." Matthew 6:34
A THIRD COMMON MISTAKE IS PUTTING OFF DOING GOOD
"Anyone then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it sins." James 4:17
THE SOLUTION IS TO DO IT NOW
"Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, `Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow' -- when you now have it with you." Proverbs 3:27 - 28
There are three things you can do with your life:
Spend it
Waste it
Invest it
"Jesus told them a parable,`The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop and he thought to himself ‘What shall I do. I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. And there I will store all my grain and my goods and I will say to myself, `You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy. Eat, drink, be merry!'’ But God said to him `You fool. This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get all that you have prepared for yourself.'" Luke 12:16 - 20
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