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MARCH 8, 2026 (Sunday Worship @ 9:00am and 11:15am)

JAMES | PART 9: PLANNING ON GOD
(James 4:13-17)

MAIN POINT: WE PLAN FOR WHAT MATTERS MOST.

WHEN YOU PLAN

1.  Plan with ___________________________________
  • As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. (v.16)
  • Military leaders would "boast" in their forces before a battle to rally their troops to fight.  They encouraged their soldiers to trust their battle plan for victory.
  • Key Question: Where do you put your trust?
  • Observations:  ___________________________________

2.  Plan in view of ___________________________________
  • What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. (v.14)
  • "Mist" describes a short period of time.
  • The longest life and the greatest legacy are still merely a mist.
  • Observations:___________________________________

3.  Plan for God's ___________________________________
  • ... you ought to say, 'If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that. ' (v.15)
  • Christians plan based on conviction, not convenience.
  • God's will may take you where you do not want to go, but it will always be where you need to be.
  • Observations:  ___________________________________

4.  Plan to do ___________________________________
  • If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is sin for them. (v.17)
  • The 2 types of sin:
  1. Sins of ____________________. Doing what is wrong.
  2. Sins of ____________________. Failing to do what is right. 
  • Observations:  ___________________________________

5.  Plan without ___________________________________
  • “Do not worry about tomorrow.” (Matthew 6:34)
  • Truth: God is already in all of your tomorrows.
  • Observations:  ___________________________________

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