{"id":379,"date":"2016-04-10T11:34:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T16:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2016-05-31T13:54:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T18:54:14","slug":"genuine-faith-giving-to-gods-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"Genuine Faith Submits to God&#8217;s Will"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-379-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4-10-16.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4-10-16.mp3\">http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4-10-16.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><b>Key Question: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>James 4:4<\/p>\n<p>James 4:7<\/p>\n<p>Submit means to be ___________________________________________.<\/p>\n<p>James 4:13-15<\/p>\n<p><b>Our _____________ have to do with how we use our ________________.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p>We need to take time to ________________\u00a0 and ________________\u00a0 the Lord.<\/p>\n<p><b>Our ______________ have to do with how we spend our______________.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p>2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)\u00a0 <i>\u201cBut since you excel in everything&#8211;in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you &#8211;see that you also excel in this grace of ______________.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<p>________________\u00a0 is not a ________________\u00a0 issue; it\u2019s a\u00a0\u00a0 ________________ issue.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 6:21<\/p>\n<p><b>Practical Steps:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Start by __________________________________________________.<\/p>\n<p>Commit to _________________________________________________.<\/p>\n<p>Grow in __________________________________________________.<\/p>\n<p>ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE GOD CONTROL OVER THESE TWO AREAS OF YOUR LIFE?<\/p>\n<p>Connection Group Questions<\/p>\n<p><b>Read James 4:1-5:6<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>James 4:4\u00a0 <\/b>What do you think it means to have \u201cfriendship with the world\u201d?<b>\u00a0 <\/b>Why do you think James uses the term \u201cadulterous\u201d to describe people who practice friendship toward the world?<\/p>\n<p>What ideas come to mind when you think of the word \u2018submit\u2019?\u00a0 How does that differ from the idea of being \u201cunder God\u2019s arrangement\u201d and having our life oriented around Him?<\/p>\n<p><b>Plans\/Time:\u00a0 <\/b>How difficult or easy is it for you to give time to God?<\/p>\n<p><b>What are the greatest obstacles you have to spending time \u201cseeking\u201d Him?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What are the greatest obstacles you have to spending time \u201cserving\u201d Him? <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What are some things you could do to create time to seek and serve Him in a greater capacity? Do you believe it\u2019s something he is calling you to do?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Priorities\/Money<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Do you agree that giving is more of a heart issue than a money issue?\u00a0 Why or why not?<\/p>\n<p><b>2 Corinthians 8:7 says we should excel in the grace of giving.\u00a0 How important is that to you personally?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Is it difficult or easy for you to give your money to God?\u00a0 What are your greatest obstacles to giving with greater generosity?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the message this week some practical steps were given in regards to becoming more generous.\u00a0 Is there a step that you plan to commit to? Why (or why not)?<\/p>\n<p>Read James 5:1-3.\u00a0 What does James point out about the relationship between worldly wealth and the passage of time?<\/p>\n<p>Look up Matthew 7:19-24.\u00a0 What similarities do you find between the to the words of Jesus and the words of James?<\/p>\n<p>Based on the words of James and Jesus, what is the right relationship to have with wealth and possessions?\u00a0\u00a0 Why?<\/p>\n<p><b>What one step can you take this week to better live in light what we\u2019ve discovered this week? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Question: James 4:4 James 4:7 Submit means to be ___________________________________________. James 4:13-15 Our _____________ have to do with how we use our ________________.\u00a0 We need to take time to ________________\u00a0 and ________________\u00a0 the Lord. Our ______________ have to do with how we spend our______________.\u00a0 2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)\u00a0 \u201cBut since you excel in everything&#8211;in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=379\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Genuine Faith Submits to God&#8217;s Will<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-of-james","category-genuine-faith","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}