Hope Students - Augusta

Last night with our Hope Students, we heard another great message from Kirk. His message reminded us through James 4 that pride leads to conflict, selfishness, and emptiness — but God gives grace to the humble.

When we surrender our plans, draw close to God, and trust His will over our own, He lifts us up.
Here is what we heard!

James 4:1-3
“What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.

A prideful heart causes:
Conflict/ War
Selfishness
Emptiness

James 4:4-10
“You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.”“And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.

➡️ Let go of pride and humble yourself for God.

James 4:13-15
“Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”

➡️Life is temporary, live with humility.

Hope Students meet tonight!

This week we will continue working through James. We’ll be in James 4 focusing on the theme of a prideful heart—how pride causes people to fight, chase the world, and turn away from God, while humility leads to peace and submission to His will.

Parents the doors open at 6:00pm for drop off! You can pick your kids back up at 8:30pm!

Have a great day!

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