Being Overly Passive Is Bad: Things Don’t Just Happen By Accident

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Being Overly Passive Is Bad: Things Don’t Just Happen By Accident

Ask Pastor Tim | 22:17

December 27, 2022 • Tim Conway • James 4:14–16

Ask Pastor Tim | 22:17 | Recorded in 2019. Does James chapter 4 exhort us not to make plans for the future? Passivity is bad, things don't just happen by accident, you need to be intentional and plan ahead.

0:00 - Does James 4 teach that planning for the future is wrong?

3:38 - The Corinthians accused Paul of making plans and not following through.

4:13 - Passivity is bad, things don't just happen.

8:56 - Plans may get interrupted, but that doesn't make them bad.

11:09 - How do you get confirmation from your church about missions?

15:30 - What confirmed your call to pastorate?

18:54 - Where there is no vision the people perish?

Self-Gratification? Don't Sell Times of Intimacy With God at Such a Cheap Price

June 11, 2024 • Tim Conway • Matthew 5:27–30

This topic is really sensitive, and what I'm about to say might make some of you uncomfortable. Someone wrote in, "I want to talk about a significant struggle—a place of battle, struggle, falls, and failures. About 3 to 4 years ago, God saved me, and since then, I've changed in many ways. However, one particular sin has barely changed: the sin of masturbation. I've been heavily addicted since I was 12, and now, at 23, I've had some small victories but keep falling back. Honestly, I still feel like a slave to that sin. Does this mean that the Son has not set me free yet? Or even worse, that I'm not saved?"

Self-Gratification? Don't Sell Times of Intimacy With God at Such a Cheap Price

June 11, 2024 • Tim Conway • Matthew 5:27–30

Does Jesus Have A Different Will To The Father?

April 12, 2023 • Tim Conway

How Can We Be After God's Own Heart