No FCA March 1st

No FCA this Friday because of Muffins with Mom.  See you then week.  Please tell a friend.

James Outline

Overview of James by TJ, Jenna, Andrea, Alyssa, and Mr. Alfaro

Ch. 1
·         Trials
·         Wisdom
·         Obeying God
·         Rejecting Evil
·         Acceptance

Ch. 2·         Favoritism is evil/sin
·         God chose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him
·         Love your neighbor as yourself and do not be a lawbreaker
·         Mercy triumphs over judgment
·         Can Faith without works save you? No
·         If you have faith and I have works, we will do well together
·         For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead

Ch. 3·         Learning to control our tongues
·         The wisdom of God is the best wisdom you could ever receive
·         Don’t brag about things you have done, it’s better to let other people notice it

Ch. 4·         Christ needs to be the center of our lives
·         We shouldn’t be friends with the world, or we will be God’s enemy
·         Your focus should be on God not you
·         Christ is the only judge, we don’t have the right to judge others
·         We don’t know what’s going to happen each day.  God is in control of our lives

Ch. 5·         Be careful not to worship your money, your riches will all parish
·         We must have patience in the Lord
·         We will all endure trials at some point in our lives, we must trust the Lord
·         Your yes must be yes and your no must be no
·         The power of prayer is mighty
·         Always look to help someone in need

James 5:13-20

Tyler and TJ are leading this week.  We are going over the last verses is James

¹³ Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises. ¹⁴ Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will restore him to health; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.¹⁶ Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect. ¹⁷ Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land. ¹⁸ Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit.
¹⁹ My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth, and someone turns him back, ²⁰ let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his life from death and cover a multitude of sins.

Questions

1. Why should we pray when we are suffering?
2.  Why should we confess our sins?
3.  When we confess our sins how are we supposed to do it?
4.  What is the prayer of faith?
5.  When are you suffering?
6.  How do you deal with hard times?
7.  what does it look like to help a brother out in need?