June 28, 2009

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Face Off with the Future

James 4:13-17

3 COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID

I. MISTAKE #1: PLANNING WITHOUT GOD

Look here, you people who say, "Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit."
James 4:13

THE SOLUTION: Include God in your goal setting.

What you ought to say is, "If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that."
James 4:15

We may make our plans, but God has the last word.
Prov. 16:1 (Today’s English Version)

II. MISTAKE #2: PRESUMING ABOUT TOMORROW

How do you know what will happen tomorrow? For your life is like the morning fog--it's here a little while, then it's gone. Otherwise you will be boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil. 
James 4:14&16

Don't brag about tomorrow, since you don't know what the day will bring.
Proverbs 27:1

Ps. 39:4-6; Ps. 102:3, 11; Job 4:7,9; Ps. 103:15

THE SOLUTION: Make the most of today

So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries.
Today's trouble is enough for today.
Matthew 6:34

III. MISTAKE #3: PUTTING OFF DOING GOOD

Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.
James 4:17

THE SOLUTION: Do it now

Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it's in your power to help them. If you can help your neighbor now, don't say, "Come back tomorrow, and then I'll help you."

Proverbs 3:27-28

Luke 12:16-20 -- A foolish man

Indeed, God is ready to help you right now. Today is the day of salvation.
2 Corinthians 6:2

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