double-minded

The wisdom of the world is unstable and unreliable, but the majority of people today, including many within the church put their trust in it.  A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways and the man who attempts to follow after Jesus Christ and trust in the wisdom of the world will live an unstable life. 
The wisdom of God is Jesus Christ Himself! This wisdom is a mystery to the world we live in.  This wisdom comes to us through the Holy Spirit as we walk in reverence with our Savior and Lord. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
The wisdom of God is pure, peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy, and good fruits, unwavering and without hypocrisy! The wisdom of the world is earthly, natural, and demonic. 
Are you living according to the wisdom from above?!

Control or the lack of it creates such anxiety and fear in our lives. Even when we have done all that we can to create a safe and secure situation, we know living in the world we live in, we are never in complete control. 

The more we feel the control slipping through our fingertips, the more we try to control the things and people in front of us.  

The level of control in our lives indicates the level of faith we have or do not have in the God who is truly in control of everything around us. 

Faith is that which is hoped for, the conviction of things not yet seen. So, how much do we truly live by faith, and how much do we persist in wanting to control the outcomes? 

Is it any wonder why the Lord tells us repeatedly, to fear not, and wait upon the Lord?

Finishing out the Profiles In Courage series, we are looking at 1 Kings 18 and the encounter of Elijah with the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel.  This interaction is a glimpse into the faith of one of the Old Testament's most notable prophets.  Yet the Book of James reminds us "Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth." (James 5:17)  As much as we may think Elijah was a super-human believer, he really had a nature just like ours.  

Because of this, we can know that our faith in God to do the miraculous can and should be just like Elijah's.  The God who intervened on Elijah's behalf still moves on our behalf.  Elijah's faith didn't question the odds, he drew a line in the sand (trust God or not), and his obedience put God on display.  

In this podcast, Pastor Justin continues our Make Up Your Mind series with a stirring word on the importance of destroying doubt and being filled with faith! 

I'm really excited to take the next few weeks of the podcast to jump into the Book of James.  James is a book that is sort of a New Testament answer to the Book of Proverbs.  There's much in terms of action steps of faith.  Much in terms of wisdom and acting upon the wisdom of the Lord, not man.  "Authentic faith" is a phrase I think of when I read James.  He challenges us to not just hear the word, but to do something with it.  Today's episode sets up some of the context and then dives into some of the themes central to chapter 1.    

The sixth sermon in a sermon series on the Letter of James, James 2.1-7.

The second sermon in a series on the letter of James, James 1.5-8.

In this podcast, Pastor Justin closes our Revival Weekend with an urgent cry for the Church to return to single-minded and single-hearted devotion to Christ! Today is the day to say goodbye to double-mindedness and consistently operate with the mind of Christ!

Pastor Bill Grace examines James 1:5-8, asking for wisdom and not doubting.

Sometimes we get into a place where we doubt whether Jesus will perform His promises for us. Jesus answered John the Baptist's doubts by stating the miracles that were happening.

It's time to put our doubts behind us. God still uses men and women today to perform His miracles.