Defined By Moments

James 5:7-8 (LSB) Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient about it, until it receives the early and late rains. You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. James Outline: * Audience (1:1) * Teaching on Trials (1:2-4) * Words to the Wise (1:5-11) * Trial/Temptation...

James 5:5-6 (LSB) You have lived luxuriously on the earth and lived in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous man ; he does not resist you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 5:4 (LSB) Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields—that which has been withheld by you—cries out against you ; and the outcries of those who did the harvesting have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 5:2-3 (LSB) Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver have rusted, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up such treasure in the last days! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymo...

James 5:1 (LSB) Come now, you rich, cry, howling over your miseries which are coming upon you. James Outline (thus far): * Audience (1:1) * Teaching on Trials (1:2-4) * Words to the Wise (1:5-11) * Trial/Temptation Explained (1:12-18) * Living the Word (1:19-27) * Avoid Favoritism (2:1-13) * Right Relation of Faith and Works (2:14-26) * Watch the Tongue (3:1-12) * Wisdom’s Source (3:13-18) * Close...

Thank you for taking this journey with me as we hit episode 250. Would love to hear from you about how God has used this podcast to deepen your relationship with Him. If you want to share, feel free to email me at joel@definedbymoments.org. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 4:16-17 (LSB) But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. Therefore, to one who knows to do the right thing and does not do it, to him it is sin. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 4:15 (LSB) Instead, we ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 4:13-14 (LSB) Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. James Outline (thus far): * Audience (1:1) * Teaching on Trials (1:2-4) * Words to the Wise (1:5-11) * Tri...

James 4:11-12 (LSB) Do not slander one another, brothers. He who slanders a brother or judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it . There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you who judge your neighbor? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss th...

James 4:10 (LSB) Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 4:9 (LSB) Be miserable and mourn and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 4:8 (LSB) Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 4:7 (LSB) Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 4:6 (LSB) But He gives a great grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 4:5 (LSB) Or do you think that the Script speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 4:4 (LSB) You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world sets himself as an enemy of God. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 4: 2-3 (LSB) You lust and do not have, so you murder. You are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.defin...

James 4:1 (LSB) What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? James Outline (thus far): * Audience (1:1) * Teaching on Trials (1:2-4) * Words to the Wise (1:5-11) * Trial/Temptation Explained (1:12-18) * Living the Word (1:19-27) * Avoid Favoritism (2:1-13) * Right Relation of Faith and Works (2:14-26) * Watch the Tongue (3:...

James 3:17-18 (LSB) But the wisdom from above is first purse, then peaceable, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruits, without doubting, without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 3:15-16 (LSB) This wisdom is not coming down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil practice. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 3:14 (LSB) But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

James 3:13 (LSB) Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good conduct his works in the gentleness of wisdom. James Outline (thus far): * Audience (1:1) * Teaching on Trials (1:2-4) * Words to the Wise (1:5-11) * Trial/Temptation Explained (1:12-18) * Living the Word (1:19-27) * Avoid Favoritism (2:1-13) * Right Relation of Faith and Works (2:14-26) * Watch the Tongue (3:1-12)...

James 3:9-12 (LSB) With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a fountain pour forth from the same opening fresh and bitter water ? Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can saltwater produce fresh. This...

James 3:7-8 (LSB) For every kind of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org