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September 5
Friday


WITH HIM
FOREVER!

READ:
James 4:11-17
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For what is your life?
It is even a vapor that
appears for a little
time and then vanishes
away. __James 4:14
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In 1859, during the turbulent years prior to America's Civil War, Abraham Lincoln had the opportunity to speak to the agricultural Society in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As he spoke, he shared with them the story of an ancient monarch's search for a sentence that was "true and appropriate in all times and situations." His wise men, faced with this heady challenge, gave him the sentence, "And this, too, shall pass away."

This is certainly true of our present world__it is constantly in the process of deterioration. And it's not happening just to the world; we also face the reality in our own lives that our days are numbered. James wrote, "For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" (James 4:14).

Although our current life is temporary and will pass away, the God we worship and serve is eternal. He has shared that eternity with us through the gift of His Son, Jesus Christ. He promises us a life that will never pass away: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).

When Christ returns, He will take us home to be with Him forever! __Bill Crowder

```````````````````````````Awake, my soul and sing```````````````````````
``````````````````````````Of Him who died for thee,``````````````````````
``````````````````````And hail Him as thy matchless King```````````````````
````````````````````Through all eternity. __Bridges/Thring`````````````````
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For hope today, remember the end of the story__
eternity with God.

*******************************Today's Bible Reading __ James 4:11-17**********************************

11 Do not speak evil of one
another, brethren. He who
speaks evil of a brother and
judges his brother, speaks
evil of the law and judges
the law. But if you judge
the law, you are not a doer
of the law but a judge.

12 There is one Lawgiver,
who is able to save and to
destroy. Who are you to
judge another?

13 Come now, you who
say, "Today or tomorrow
we will go to such and such
a city, spend a year there,
buy and sell, and make a
profit"; 14 whereas you do
not know what will happen
tomorrow. For what is your
life? It is even a vapor that
appears for a little time
and then vanishes away.

15 Instead you ought to say,
"If the Lord wills, we shall
live and do this or that."

16 But now you boast in
your arrogance. all such
boasting is evil.

17 Therefore, to him who
knows to do good and does
not do it, to him it is sin.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The New Testament book of James is often compared to the Old
Testament book of Proverbs. Both contain a great deal of practical
instruction about daily life lived in faith. Proverbs says that if we
acknowledge God, He will direct our paths (3:6). Today's passage
reminds us of the same idea. While cautioning us that our lives are
fleeting (James 4:13-14), James comforts us with the knowledge that
we are in God's hands (vv.12,15). He is the one who saves, and it it
by His will that we live our lives.