Who's Got Your Back?

Beltway Park Church

Who's Got Your Back?

July 28, 2024 • David McQueen • James 5:19–20

Pastor David McQueen wraps up the sermon series over the Book of James and discusses how community is a nonnegotiable necessity for an abundant life. James, half-brother to Jesus, encourages us to persevere to the end so we may become mature and lacking nothing. At the end of his letter, James tells us one final facet for a life that lives more and more in abundance, that community is nonnegotiable. God designed us for community. We’re to encourage, speak truth, and help each other take our next steps with Jesus in love.

Powerful Prayer

July 21, 2024 • Geoffrey Turner • James 5:13–18

Teaching pastor Geoffrey Turner speaks on the power of prayer and looks at what the book of James has to say about our prayer life. Prayer often plays a relatively small role in our lives and it’s easy to underestimate the importance of prayer and its potential impact on our daily lives. James 5:13-18 gives us a big overview of the importance of prayer in every season. When we pray, we are to pray in faith, knowing God is able and will move! He may not answer as we expect, but He will move. Prayer is powerful and we’re to make it a habit, our first go to, in every circumstance. Have faith God will move! Remember what He has done and be confident in what He will do.

The Necessity of Patience

July 14, 2024 • David McQueen • Galatians 6:9, James 5:7–11

Pastor David McQueen continues through the book of James, breaking down James 5:7-11 over patience in suffering. James, brother to Jesus, tells us to wait like the farmer for the precious fruit of the earth, begin patient about it. The Father wants everyone to reap a harvest of precious fruit with our lives. God is bringing about the harvest, but facets of that harvest happen over time. It is why the apostle Paul implored us in Galatians 6:9 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” But patience doesn’t mean being passive, we are to warn, encourage, help, and serve. Biblical patience is radically loving people so they can obtain God’s harvest in their lives. Biblical patience is radically pursuing God and obeying Him, trusting He will bring the harvest at the appropriate time.

Seize the Day

July 7, 2024 • Geoffrey Turner • James 4:13–17, Ephesians 5:15–17

Geoffrey Turner challenges us to look carefully at how we are walking and to seize the day. When the apostle Paul wrote to the Ephesians, he told them to “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15-17. We don’t want to look up and wonder where the time went, wondering how we spent it. James 4:13-17 navigates the truth that time is fleeting and we’re to seize the day. We shouldn’t get caught up in looking into the future, as tomorrow is not promised to us. James explores us to shift our perspective, asking us to think about eternity. When we do so, our past and future are just a vapor. Rather than looking at our days with responsibility, we should look at them as opportunities for Kingdom work. If we are seeking first the Kingdom, God will provide for our needs, we don’t need to be anxious or worry about anything. When we keep our eyes and minds on eternity, it changes the way we live in the here and now, because everything we do matters in eternity.