Don’t Get Attached To Your Plans

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Complementary Reading: Mathew 6: 25-34

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Sermon Outline

• Don’t make plans without acknowledging God (verse 13)
• In comparison to eternity, life on earth is brief and fragile (verse 14)
• Have the right attitude toward the future, submit to God’s sovereign will (verse 15)
• Boasting in self-made plans and independence from God is evil (verse 16)
• God condemns those who know what is right but refuse to do the right thing (verse 17)