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LIfeway Church, York, South Carolina

Get Smart - Your Choices Make Your Future

Get Smart - Your Choices Make Your Future

There’s a trap that’s been set—and it’s not a matter of if you’ll encounter it, but when. Temptation. Lies. Deceit. Sin wants a place in your life. And most people don’t see it until it’s too late. But what if you could spot the pattern before it starts? What if you had a strategy to win the battles that matter most? In this five-week series through the book of James, we’re uncovering the wisdom to avoid the traps that sabotage our lives. Because smart people live differently: They see the trap and step around it. They don’t fight alone—they lean into community and confession. They win the mind game—because they know it all starts with their thinking. They pick the right fight—and it’s not with others, it’s with pride and self. And they do something—because information without application is useless. This isn’t about being the smartest person in the room. It’s about choosing wisdom before it’s too late. It’s time to stop falling into the same traps. It’s time to Get Smart.

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Lifeway Church • Downtown Campus

114 S Congress St, York, SC 29745, USA

Sunday 9:00 AM

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Did You See That Coming?

There’s a trap that’s been set—and it’s not a matter of if you’ll encounter it, but when. Temptation. Lies. Deceit. Sin wants a place in your life. And most people don’t see it until it’s too late.

But what if you could spot the pattern before it starts?
What if you had a strategy to win the battles that matter most?

In this five-week series through the book of James, we’re uncovering the wisdom to avoid the traps that sabotage our lives. Because smart people live differently:
They see the trap and step around it.
They don’t fight alone—they lean into community and confession.
They win the mind game—because they know it all starts with their thinking.

They pick the right fight—and it’s not with others, it’s with pride and self.
And they do something—because information without application is useless.

This isn’t about being the smartest person in the room.
It’s about choosing wisdom before it’s too late.
It’s time to stop falling into the same traps.
It’s time to Get Smart.

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Genesis 1:26,27,31 CSB
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.
God is not our enemy, He is our Salvation
The Priciple of Temptation - Make it so inviting that it cannot be resisted
Do we choose to endure or do we choose to indulge in the temptation?
Our response to the temptation will reveal the true desire of the our heart.
Psalm 119:9-10 CSB
9 How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping your word.
10 I have sought you with all my heart;
don’t let me wander from your commands.
When we know the truth, we can identify the lie.
God's wisdom will provide the strength for enduring the temptations we encounter
Psalm 119:11 CSB
11 I have treasured your word in my heart
so that I may not sin against you.
Desire
Deception
Decision
Death

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