WALKING IN WISDOM- The Bible Didn't Bless Me, Until I Did It // Sunday, May 25, 2025 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor
/Sunday, May 25, 2025
Walking in Wisdom
God’s Guidance for Daily Living
The Bible Didn’t Bless Me –
Until I Did It
Healthy People Grow
Growing People Change
Changed People, Change People
How to be blessed by the Bible:
1. Calm your spirit.
James 1: 19 (NLT)
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
2. Clear your mind of worldly attitudes.
James 1: 20 (NLT)
Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.
3. Clarify your morality.
James 1: 21 (NLT)
So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives…
Galatians 5: 19 - 21 (NLT)
When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
4. I must receive God’s Word.
James 1: 21 (NLT)
...humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts…
I must be compliant / teachable / willing to change!
5. I must reflect on God’s Word.
James 1: 22 – 25 (NLT)
But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.
How do I reflect on God’s Word?
A. Read it!
B. Research it!
C. Review it!
D. Remember it!