When pain makes even sitting in a chair impossible, someone else’s ordinary comfort can suddenly look like the one thing that would make life right. In Exodus 20:17, God forbids coveting anything that belongs to our neighbor—but how do we distinguish a healthy desire for change from a heart dissatisfied with what God has given?
Can we keep our eyes on the true prize even when things are tough and don’t seem to be going how we would hope? Part of doing so is recognizing the source of the problems we face and distinguishing that from our source of hope.
We chase after riches, but what happens when those riches — and our lives — come to an end?
James calls us to look for the real wisdom of God rather than the “wisdom” we normally chase after.
How do we understand the difficulties we face in life? James says we can find joy in them — how can that be?
As we wrap up “Follow Me,” Pastor Tim takes into 1 John 4:9-12 to consider what it looks like to follow Jesus into brotherly affection and love.
Pastor Tim continues our series “Follow Me” thinking about our calling to godliness, what that has to do with legalism and, maybe, even a little discussion of ballpark nachos. We’ll sort it all out by going to James 1:21-25.