PPT-James 2:1-13 (NRSV)

1 My brothers and sisters do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ 2 For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in 3 and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say Have a seat here please while to the one who is poor you say Stand there or Sit at my feet. oremusorg Jonah 4 But this was very displeasing to Jonah and he became angry He prayed to the ORD and said 575252 ORD Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning for I knew that you are 34.  . “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. . 35. For I have come to set a man against his father, . and a daughter against her mother, . 1 Steadfastness ; Steadfast love - NRSV B oth Old and N ew T estaments have much to say about being steadfast , steadfast love , and steadfastness . T he adjective steadfast occurs 20 3 time TO CUSS!. A presentation by Derrick-Lewis Noble. 1-14-2015. 6 Ways To Keep Yourself From “Blowing Up”. I.. Resolve. to control it.. . “Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.”. Anointing www.brethren.org/practices 10 . Then the disciples came and asked him, “. Why do you speak to them in parables?. ” . 11 . He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. . . Easter. Lent is a time to prepare for . Easter. . It starts on. Ash Wednesday when the Church remembers the . 40 days that Jesus . was tempted in the desert. . A time . to . prepare. The last week,. “. There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. . 25 . At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; . 26 . yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. . “. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. . All the families on earth will be blessed through you. 1-14-2015. 6 Ways To Keep Yourself From “Blowing Up”. I.. Resolve. to control it.. . “Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.”. . David A. deSilva. Parts of Speech . Nouns. Pronouns. Verbs. Adjective. Adverbs. Prepositions. Conjunctions. Interjections. Parts of Speech (2). Nouns: words that name persons, places, things, or ideas. “ James bond” (ongoing) The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British “ Secret Service ” (MI6)  agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964 James was Elizabeth’s closest relation. Even . though Elizabeth refused to acknowledge . James openly as her heir, in . her letters she addressed him as 'dearest brother and cousin'. . Although Elizabeth did not say who should be next on the throne after her, there .