All right, good morning and welcome to our second service on Sunday mornings. We have two,

the first of which is the Bible prophecy update that we do weekly, and now second service,

which is the sermon, a verse by verse study through God's word. A couple three weeks ago,

we started in the book of James, having completed the book of Hebrews. And today's text is going

to be chapter 1, verses 9 through 11.

So I'll ask those of you that are here if you're able to stand. You can follow along as I read.

If not, where you're seated is fine. James continues to write by the Spirit and says verse 9,

believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their

high position, but the rich should take pride in their humiliation, since they will pass away like a wild flower. For the

sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plan. Its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed.

In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.

Let's pray if you would, please join with me.

And Father in heaven, I'm so thankful to you for this time that we as a church, as your church,

have together in your word.

And particularly as it relates to this passage that's before us today, Lord, we, it's here

for a reason. So all scripture is God breath,

so you've got something here that you want us to see and know. So Lord, we need for the

Holy Spirit now to get our attention and keep our attention so our minds don't wander because

they're prone to do that and when that happens we miss what it is that you have

for us and I don't think there's any of us here that want that that's why we're

here we're here for you to speak into our lives in and through your

Word. So Lord, will you do that? Will you speak? Your servants are listening? We ask in

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