Quick to listen, slow to speak

This Week

This week we covered James 1:19-27.  Right off the bat, this verse says we need to be "quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry."  How difficult is it to be slow to become angry? EXTREMELY!!!  Some of us have very short tempers, and we get angry quickly, and immediately speak our minds.  Being understanding and slow to anger is something we can all work on.  James goes on to tell us that not only do we need to read God's word, we need to live it.  Many of us go to church, attend youth group, and pray at dinner time, but how often are we setting a Godly example in our everyday lives, like at school, work, sports etc.  Living God's word includes watching what we say.  Gossip and bad-talking can sometimes get the best of us, but we need to "watch our tongues."  In closing, these verses mention that we need to "look after orphans and widows."  This does not actually mean that we need to go through the neighborhood and find widows, but we need to help those in need.

Next Week

Next week we will continue on through our study in James.  In the next section, James talks a lot about how we should not show favoritism and worldly possessions do not mean anything to God, and they shouldn't to us.  He also talks a lot about judging people.  Too often we look at what someone is wearing, what they drive, how nice their hair is, and what that person owns, and we are so quick to judge them and put them in our little categories.  "They are rich."  They must be poor. Look at their tattered clothes."  "That person acts weird."  It needs to be our goal to not care about such things, and focus on who that person is.  God made each one of us in HIS image, and HE does not make mistakes. 

Announcements

On Halloween Night, BASIC will be going to the Forest Grove Corn Maze!!!  We will meet at the Hall at 6:00pm, and we will arrive back at the Hall at 8:30pm.  If you are getting some other form of transportation to or from the Corn Maze, please let one of the sponsors know.  Thanks!

Everyone should have been given a pig-in-a-blanket sales sheet!!! If you did not, get a hold of one of the sponsors so you can SELL, SELL, SELL!!!  In a couple weeks the sheets will be collected, and we will add to your account how much you earned.  On December 1, we will get together and make all of the lovely pig-in-a-blankets :D YAY!!!