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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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Are You Fighting Alone?

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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A lot of men are fighting battles no one else sees.
Stop quitting just before the breakthrough.
You don’t grow by coasting. You grow by resistance.
Stop quitting just before the breakthrough.
Instead of praying, “Lord, take this away,” what if we prayed, “Lord, teach me something through this?".
So how do you fix that instability? You anchor your mind.
Don’t be tossed—be planted.
1.Replace lies with truth.
2.Speak life daily.
3.Build accountability.
4.Guard your inputs.
5.Practice stillness.
Life’s battles are won and lost in your thinking.
It’s the version of you that believes the lie over the truth.
Jesus,
I need You.
I’ve tried doing life my way, and I’m done.
I believe You died for me and rose again.
I turn from my sin, and I turn to You.
Be my Savior. Be my Lord.
Forgive me, change me, and make me new.
Fill me with Your Spirit and help me live for You
from this day forward.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
Be a man of wisdom.
Be a man of endurance.
Be a man whose thoughts are anchored and whose life is on track with God wants for us.
Because what happens in you will determine what happens through you.

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