James: Christian Life in Action - Listening and Doing

DISCIPLESHIP GROUPS

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23-27 July 2001

James: Christian Life in Action - Listening and Doing

INTRODUCTION

·  When are you most likely to lose your temper?

·  How does it affect you feel when a person is caught doing what they tell others not to do?

OBSERVATION/INTERPRETATION

Read James 1:19-27

·  What does James say is the relationship between speaking, listening and anger? (19)

·  Why is it hard to be a good listener?

·  What is the relationship between anger and righteous living? (20)

·  How can we process anger in a healthy way?

·  What should a Christian clean out of his or her life? (21) What difference does it make?

·  What is the relationship between listening to God's word and doing it? (22)

·  Why is it so hard to practice what we know to be good?

·  What analogy does James use to describe a person that does not do what the Bible says? (23-24)

·  What promise is given to a person that studies the Bible and puts it into practice? (25)

·  How can the law provide freedom? (25)

·  What does the Bible give to people? (25)

·  How is a person's speech related to the credibility of his or her faith? (26)

·  How does James describe "pure" religion? (27)

·  How can we keep from being polluted by the world? (27)

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APPLICATION

·  How can you help widows and orphans in their distress? (27)

·  What do you need to change so that your walk matches your talk?

·  Whom will you help this week in obedience to God's word?

Two men were talking one day. One of them said, "My wife talks to herself a lot." His friend answered, "Mine does too, but she doesn't know it. She thinks I'm listening." Submitted by Tim Purcell, Strathavon Wesleyan Church, Rapid City, South Dakota.