Gold’s Fool
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James 5:1-6
'Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you.' Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire.
You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 'Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you.
SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
Read Scripture:
Read and complete the O.I.A. for James 5:7-12
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DISCUSSION GUIDE
Complete the O.I.A. framework for this passage from James.
Questions:
1) What key words did you find in this week’s study?
2) Make accurate observations of the passage by answering ‘who, what, where, when, why, and how’.
3) What do these observations show you about God? What do these observations show you about yourself? Journal your thoughts and share them with someone else or your group.
4) How you are going to apply this passage to your daily life? Journal your thoughts and share them with someone else or your group.
Turning ‘you haves’ into ‘I wills’:
I will... give it away by sharing with others.
I will... recognize and help the marginalized and oppressed.
I will... look for ways to fill other people's lives more than my own.
I will... be content with what I have.
