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This week, we are asking the question “What or Whom do you trust?” Verses 1-6 talk about those that put their trust in wealth and money and the consequences of that false god. Verses 7-12 encourages us to trust instead in the one true God in patience and perseverance and we’ll talk about the final section at the end of our time together today.
“Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.” James 5:7-8, NIV
Semester Study Guide: James Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley
Week 9 Teacher: Emily Pahl
Make It Yours: Prepare and Reflect
- Finish Strong! On the following pages you will find the rest of Chapter 5, the end of the book of James. Read James 5:13-20 at least twice on your own in the coming week and plan to study it with a friend or with a River Valley Sisterhood group.
- Journal and expand on what you’ve learned this week and/or take notes of what you’re learning as you read the text and prepare to finish the book of James in the second half of Chapter 5.
These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.
With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Register for our next semester of Sisterhood at River Valley!
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In this second half of Chapter 4, James teaches us the believers he was writing to that instead of living for themselves, God's grace is never ending. He reminds them, and us, that submitting and surrendering to the Lordship of Jesus and drawing near to God will in turn bring Him closer to you.
“There's one Lawgiver who's able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?” James 4:12, NKJV
Semester Study Guide: James Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley
Week 8 Teacher: Karla Johnson
Make It Yours: Prepare and Reflect
- Read James 5:1-12 at least twice in the coming week to prepare for next week’s teaching.
- Journal and expand on what you’ve learned this week and/or take notes of what you’re learning as you read the text and prepare for the coming week in the first half of Chapter 5.
These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.
With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups.Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!
Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen
This week in Chapter 4, we are reminded that humility brings us closer to God, but requires us to release our own desires as we submit to Him. In His infinite grace, God invites us to surrender, submit, lay down, and give over our own desires and selfishness and align ourselves with the life of Jesus and become a servant.
“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” James 4:7, NKJV
Semester Study Guide: James Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley
Week 7 Teacher: Pastor Morgan High
Make It Yours: Prepare and Reflect
- Read James 4:11-17 at least twice in the coming week to prepare for next week’s teaching.
- Journal and expand on what you’ve learned this week and/or take notes of what you’re learning as you read the text and prepare for the coming week in the second half of Chapter 4.
These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.
With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!
Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen
In Chapter 3, verses 13-18 James talks about two kinds of wisdom: Worldly or earthly wisdom and heavenly or God’s wisdom. We all need wisdom but we want God’s wisdom.
“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” James 3:17-18, NKJV
Semester Study Guide: James Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley
Week 6 Teacher: Annie Judd
Make It Yours: Prepare and Reflect
- Read James 4:1-10 at least twice in the coming week to prepare for next week’s teaching.
- Journal and expand on what you’ve learned this week and/or take notes of what you’re learning as you read the text and prepare for the coming week in the first half of Chapter 4.
These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.
With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!
Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen
In this first part of Chapter 3, James begins here by telling us that the tongue is actually an outward indication of inward maturity. Your tongue is small, but it carries great influence. As we direct the content of our hearts, we can change the impact, good or bad, of what comes out of our mouths.
“But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.” James 3:8-10, NKJV
Semester Study Guide: James Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley
Week 5 Teacher: Pastor Daralee Utecht
Make It Yours: Prepare and Reflect
- Read James 3:13-18 at least twice in the coming week to prepare for next week’s teaching.
- Journal and expand on what you’ve learned this week and/or take notes of what you’re learning as you read the text and prepare for the coming week in the second half of Chapter 3.
These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.
With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!
Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen