Orphans And Widows and Quiet Times For Students

Orphans And Widows and Quiet Times For Students


Virtual Meeting Sundays at 9 am

On Sunday mornings at 9:00 am we meet over Zoom. All 7th-12th graders are welcome to join. For connection information contact amy@crclife.org or susan@crclife.org.

My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, 20 for human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness. 21 Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at his own face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who works—this person will be blessed in what he does.

26 If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, his religion is useless and he deceives himself. 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

James 1:19-27

Warm-up Questions

  • When you were a little kid, what was it like to sit and listen to someone talk for a long time?
  • What are some good and bad ways to deal with anger?
  • Why do people have a hard time listening well?

OBSERVE

  • Read 1:19-22. What does this text say about our mouths and ears?
  • Look at 23-24. What are some of the warnings listed here?
  • Check out 25-26. What does the writer promise readers if they apply the truth?
  • Read verses 27-28. What does James say about undefiled religion?

THINK

  • Based on verses 19-20, why is the writer urging us to listen well?
  • Look at verses 21-23. After hearing the Word, what are some reasons we don’t do it?
  • In verses 24-25, why is doing the Word compared with looking at a mirror?
  • Read verses 26-27. Why do you think caring for widows and orphans is connected to true faith?

APPLY

  • Why is it hard to listen quickly and listen well?
  • How does getting angry hurt your faith? Your friendships?
  • What practical changes do you need to make to begin practicing what you are learning in the Word of God?
  • What’s one step you can take to care for orphans and widows?

Daily Quiet Times

Monday – August 24

James 1:19
  1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
  2. Do you view yourself as one who is “quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger”? (NASB) Why or why not? Why are these traits important for a Christ-follower?
  3. Think about the phrase “slow to anger.” What does this look like on a practical level? Are there things we can get angry about?

Tuesday – August 25

James 1:20-21
  1. How does this passage speak to you?
  2. What attitudes are we to put aside as followers of Jesus? How’s that working for you?
  3. Think about what it means to “humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.” What can save us? Doesn’t Jesus save us? Could James be talking about something deeper?

Wednesday- August 26

James 1:22
  1. What insight do you gain from this text?
  2. What do you think about the idea that merely “listening” to the Word leads to deception? How is that possible?
  3. Think about why it’s important for a Jesus-follower to “do” what the Word of God says.

Thursday- August 27

James 1:23-24
  1. What’s one question you have about this passage?
  2. What is the connection between following God’s Word and looking at oneself in the mirror? How often do you forget what you’ve just read?
  3. Think about how only listening to God’s Word and not obeying it can hurt our witness and integrity.

Friday – August 28

James 1:25-26
  1. What can you learn from this text?
  2. Why does James say that obedience leads to freedom? What kind of freedom?
  3. Think about one way you can apply God’s Word today.

Saturday – August 29

James 1:27
  1. What is God saying to you from this verse?
  2. Why do you think James compares true religion with meeting the needs of orphans and widows?
  3. Think about what it means to “keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” How is that even possible? What steps can you take today to make that happen?

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