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Scripture and questions for study and reflection:

1. As we continue our sermons series on the Book of James...have you been able to utilize the past two sermon topics to help you deal with the trials and temptations you face on a daily basis? What changes are you making in your life to achieve the strength to better handle tough situations in your life?

2. Read James 1:19-27. What three things does James encourage us to do? How easy or difficult are these suggestions?

3. How does this passage describe living a good or godly life? Where does anger fit in?

4. List some of the ways people can deceive themselves. How closely do these deceptions fit into your own life?

5. Why is listening such an important skill for Christians? How can being \\u201cquick to listen\\u201d and \\u201cslow to speak\\u201d keep our anger from erupting? In what ways can our uncontrolled anger affect our witness of Christ in our lives?

6. What do you think it means to \\u201chumbly accept the word\\u201d? What word is James referring to and how is it planted in us?

7. How does God bless those who study and obey the Word of God and His teaching?

8. What might people who do not know you are a Christian notice about you that makes you different from other people?

Prayer for the Week:

Heavenly Father, thank you for loving me and giving me such succinct direction in my life. Help me to focus on you, Jesus, continuously. Please help me to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Help me to listen for understanding. Help my words to build up instead of tear down. Help me to have an attitude of peace, not of anger. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.