#JamesPCC Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. - James 4:13-17
#JamesPCC Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. - James 4:13-17
#JamesPCC THREE MISTAKES 1. PLANNING WITHOUT GOD
#JamesPCC THREE MISTAKES 1. PLANNING WITHOUT GOD Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit” (v. 13)
#JamesPCC THREE MISTAKES 1. PLANNING WITHOUT GOD “If one of you wanted to build a tower, wouldn't you first sit down and calculate the cost, to determine whether you have enough money to complete it?” - Luke 14:28
#JamesPCC THREE MISTAKES 1. PLANNING WITHOUT GOD “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.” - Proverbs 21:5
#JamesPCC "Instead, you ought to say, `If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.'" (v. 15)
#JamesPCC "Instead, you ought to say, `If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.'" (v. 15)
#JamesPCC “Right in the middle of LIFE is a big IF”
#JamesPCC “Doing my will in God’s name”
#JamesPCC D.V.
#JamesPCC D.V. "Deo Valente"
#JamesPCC "We may make our plans, but God has the last word." - Proverbs 16:1
#JamesPCC "We should make plans - counting on God to direct us." - Proverbs 16:9
#JamesPCC THREE MISTAKES 1. PLANNING WITHOUT GOD 2. PRESUMING ABOUT TOMORROW
#JamesPCC THREE MISTAKES 1. PLANNING WITHOUT GOD 2. PRESUMING ABOUT 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." (v. 14 & 16)
#JamesPCC “There is a profound difference between planning and presumption”
#JamesPCC TWO REASONS PRESUMING IS DUMB
#JamesPCC TWO REASONS PRESUMING IS DUMB A) life is unpredictable
#JamesPCC TWO REASONS PRESUMING IS DUMB A)life is unpredictable “yet you do not know” (v. 14)
#JamesPCC TWO REASONS PRESUMING IS DUMB A)life is unpredictable B) life is brief
#JamesPCC TWO REASONS PRESUMING IS DUMB A)life is unpredictable B)life is brief "you are a mist” (v. 14)
#JamesPCC "`Come,' each one cries, `...Let’s all get drunk! And tomorrow will be like today, or even better!'" - Isaiah 56:12
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#JamesPCC "Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth." - Proverbs 27:1
#JamesPCC "So don't be anxious about tomorrow -- God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time." - Matthew 6:34
#JamesPCC “I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them. “- Andy (The Office)
#JamesPCC It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. - J.K. Rowling
#JamesPCC “My future is in your hands.” - Psalm 31:15
#JamesPCC THREE MISTAKES 1. PLANNING WITHOUT GOD 2. PRESUMING ABOUT TOMORROW 3. PUTTING OFF DOING GOOD
#JamesPCC THREE MISTAKES 1. PLANNING WITHOUT GOD 2. PRESUMING ABOUT TOMORROW 3. PUTTING OFF DOING GOOD "Anyone then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it sins." (v. 17)
#JamesPCC Procrastination is my sin, It only caused me sorrow I know I ought to change my ways, In fact I will -- tomorrow.
#JamesPCC How do you define sin?
#JamesPCC "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
#JamesPCC "It doesn't matter how long you live if you're not doing anything with your life." –Peace Corps
#JamesPCC "He is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep for that which he cannot lose.” - Jim Elliot
#JamesPCC "Right now God is ready to welcome you. Today He is ready to save you!" - 2 Corinthians 6:2
#JamesPCC “God is more concerned with your character than your comfort”
#JamesPCC “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” - Colossians 3:17
#JamesPCC "If you read history you will find out that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next." - C. S. Lewis
#JamesPCC “Don’t just do what you are able to do – do what you were made to do.”