Our Faith in Jesus Leads Us to Live Like Jesus We try to secure our future ourselves. Jesus secures our future better than we ever could. We Look to Ourselves James 4:13–17 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. James 5:1–6 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you. We Look to Control Why do we want control? Because control feels like safety. Why do we fight to control so much? Because deep down, we’re scared. Our security is not found in controlling the future but in the God who sees and holds it. We Look to Jesus The hands that were opened on the cross are the hands that hold your future. Because when your future is safe, your hands can be open. Serve on a Lifeteam 11/16: Lifeteam Orientation Interested in Financial Peace University: Financial Peace University