James
Journal Entry 1
1) What does faith mean apart from works? (What does it look like to someone else?
2) Write some pros and cons of becoming a teacher of some type.
3) Can you identify any link between the person or people with whom you are most prone to quarrel and something you want but don鈥檛 have?
4) Why should we turn joy to gloom? What is being referred to in this passage to be mournful of?
5) Write verse James 4: 16 - 17 out in your own words.
6) Where am I storing my treasure? How can I break free of the idolatry of money and all the things it buys?
7) List three reasons why patience might be infinitely more challenging in our current culture.
8) One of the following questions:
- How is someone who has persevered through suffering, blessed?
- What appears to be the issue in verse 12? Why is it mentioned with reference to what was just said before it?
Journal Entry 1
1) Do you expect God to make you happy? Is that a wrong idea?
2) Compare and contrast knowledge, body and money with wisdom, soul, and treasures in heaven.
3) What is the difference between sin and habitual sin?
4) What鈥檚 the best way to deal with our own evil desires?
5) Look at your life in quarters and write down what good gift(s) God poured into your life.
6) How were your discussions helpful when working through James 1: 21?
7) What images come to mind as you picture the exploited and neglected in our day?
8) One of the following questions:
- How is someone who has persevered through suffering, blessed?
- What appears to be the issue in verse 12? Why is it mentioned with reference to what was just said before it?
