Plan Ahead Chapter 10 James 4:13-17

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Plan AheadChapter 10James 413-17
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• When a believer is out of Gods will, he is a
  troublemaker. The dangerous life is being out of
  Gods will.
• Attitudes toward God
• Ignoring Gods will (413-14, 16)
• Arguments revealing the foolishness of ignoring
  Gods will
• Complexity of life
• Apart from Gods will is a mystery
• The uncertainty of life (414a)
• Prov. 271 - Boast not thyself of to morrow for
  thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
• A farmer in Luke 1216-21

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• The brevity (shortness) of life
• Life is a vapor (Job 716, 79, 89, 925, 926,
  141-2)
• We count years at each birthday when God asks us
  to count days (Ps. 9012)
• Invest out life in things that are eternal
• God shows His will in his precepts, principles,
  and promises, but most people ignore the Bible
• Surest way to success knowing and obeying the
  Word of God (Joshua 18, Ps 13)
• The frailty of man (416)
• Mans boasting covers up his weakness
• Man has neither wisdom to see the future nor
  power to control the future
• Therefore, boasting is sinful
• Disobeying Gods Will
• People choose to disobey the will of God even
  though they know Gods will

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• Pride
• 2 Peter 221 - For it had been better for them
  not to have known the way of righteousness, than,
  after they have known it, to turn from the holy
  commandment delivered unto them.
• Mans ignorance of the nature of Gods will
• The will of God is not an option, but an
  obligation
• Gods chastening until your submission ( Hebrews
  125-11)
• Evidence of Gods love
• Danger of losing heavenly rewards (1 Cor.
  924-27)
• Castaway disqualified
• Obeying Gods Will
• Constant attitude of the heart
• Gods will for all believers
• We must yield ourselves to God (2 Cor. 85)
• We must avoid sexual immorality (1 Thess. 43)
• We should rejoice, pray, and thank God (1 Thess
  516-18)
• Every commandment in the Bible is part of Gods
  will
• Gods will tailor-made for every believer
• The will of God is a loving relationship between
  God and believer, not a cold impersonal machine
• If disobey, relationship is not destroyed, he
  will be chastened like Jonah
• A growing experience

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• We should know Gods will (Acts 2214)
• Will for those who are ready and willing to obey
• Col. 19 God wants us to be filled with
  knowledge of His will
• Eph 517 God wants us to understand His will
• Wisdom the what and understanding the why
• Rom. 122 We must prove Gods will
• We must do the will of God from heart