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Verde Valley Christian Church Mar 26, 2023 Series: Faith That Works Sermon Title: Works At Prayer Speaker: Jim Hammond I. Whatever is GOING ON, keep prayer ONGOING James 5:13-16 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. Luke 22:42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” Matthew 26:42 He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.” Matthew 26:44 So he left them and went away ...

Verde Valley Christian Church Mar 5 – 11, 2023 Series: Faith That Works... Sermon Title: Lives It Out Speaker: Jim Hammond James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. At VVCC we believe in the life changing power of the gospel (good news) of Jesus. We are more about transformation than about information transfer. We need to ask ourselves this question: Am I living more like Jesus or not? And if not, why not? FAITH THAT WORKS... I. Works because it RECEIVED God's GIFT James 1:14-15 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. James 1:17-18 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he...