BRETHREN! DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF!!!

James 5:1-6 (Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged)(NLT)

1)Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags. 2)Your gold and silver have become worthless. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh like fire. 3) This treasure you have accumulated will stand as evidence against you on the day of judgment.For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. 4) The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.5)You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. 6)You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.You have condemned and killed innocent people, who do not resist you.

AND THE LORD SAYS....HOLD ON, HELP IS ON THE WAY!

JAMES 5: 7-12 (Be Encouraged!)(NLT & NASB)

7)Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord's return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen.

AND, WHAT WE SHOULD DO??

8)You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord, is at hand.9)Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.

WE ENDURE AND GO ABOUT OUR FATHER'S BUSINESS!

10)Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.11)As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

THERE IS VICTORY BY THE POWER OF GOD! AND, THE VICTORY IS NAMED, JESUS!!!!!

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.12)But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

"WORK IT" FOR THE GLORY OF HIM!

AMEN!

PastorD