1. Whom are you leaving Out in Your Plans
James 4: 13-17

2. What we Assume in our Plans…
We have TODAY or TOMORROW (v. 13)
We will GO INTO THIS CITY (v. 13)
We will SPEND A YEAR THERE (V. 13)
We will TRADE (v. 13)
We will GET GAIN (v. 13)

3. What we Assume in our Plans…
We have TODAY or TOMORROW (v. 13)
We will GO INTO THIS CITY (v. 13)
We will SPEND A YEAR THERE (V. 13)
We will TRADE (v. 13)
We will GET GAIN (v. 13)
What if we don’t HAVE the rest of the day?

4. What we Forget About our Life…
Our life appears and quickly vanishes - mist (v. 14)

5. What we Forget About our Life…
Our life appears and quickly vanishes - mist (v. 14)
Our life on earth is not permanent – vanity
Like a shadow (Psm. 144:4)
Like Handbreadths (Psm. 39:5)
Like a shepherd’s tent (Isa. 38:12)
Like a weaver’s shuttle (Job 7:6) – Like a messenger runner (Job 9:25)
Like a flower (Job 14:2)

6. What we Forget About our Life…
Our life appears and quickly vanishes - mist (v. 14)
Our life on earth is not permanent – vanity
Like a shadow (Psm. 144:4)
Like Handbreadths (Psm. 39:5)
Like a shepherd’s tent (Isa. 38:12)
Like a weaver’s shuttle (Job 7:6) – Like a messenger runner (Job 9:25)
Like a flower (Job 14:2)
Swifter than Google posting my shopping interests and quickly replacing them with new suggestions on my next click!

7. God is Sovereign in Our Life …
Expressed in our words “If the Lord Wills” – not a formula of Superior Spirituality but a Submission to Sovereignty (Lk. 12:20)

8. God is Sovereign in Our Life …
Expressed in our words “If the Lord Wills” – not a formula of Superior Spirituality but a Submission to Sovereignty.
God’s will expressed in His Word (I Pet. 2:13-15, Acts 5:29)

9. God is Sovereign in Our Life …
Expressed in our words “If the Lord Wills” – not a formula of Superior Spirituality but a Submission to Sovereignty.
God’s will expressed in His Word (I Pet. 2:13-15, Acts 5:29)
God’s will expressed in Salvation, Sanctification and Suffering (I Tim. 2:4, I Thess. 4:3-8, I Pet. 3:17)

10. God is Sovereign in Our Life …
Expressed in our words “If the Lord Wills” – not a formula of Superior Spirituality but a Submission to Sovereignty.
God’s will expressed in His Word (I Pet. 2:13-15, Acts 5:29)
God’s will expressed in Salvation, Sanctification and Suffering (I Tim. 2:4, I Thess. 4:3-8, I Pet. 3:17)
Lunch with fellow Christians (Acts 2:46) ???

11. God is Sovereign in Our Life …
Expressed in our words “If the Lord Wills” – Acknowledging God’s Providence in areas of life He has not expressed His will..
What day will be my last?
What city should I enter to work?
How long is long enough to determine if can prosper in that city or not?
What trade proposal should I make?

12. God is Sovereign in Our Life …
To not acknowledge this fact assumes we are in total control of life – such BOASTINGS or VAUNTINGS are EVIL. (v. 16)
To not acknowledge this fact is sin (v. 17, Matt. 25:45-46)
Missing the mark
Sin of omission
How serious?

13. Whom are you leaving Out in Your Plans
God ?