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Why is it so hard to control what we say? In James 3, James says no one can tame the tongue, and that our words show what is really going on in our hearts. In week 6 of our series through James, Ps Simon looks at James 3:1-18 and how our words shape our lives, reveal our hearts and show our need for the wisdom that comes from God.

Can faith that doesn't show in the way we live really be called faith at all? In week 5 of our series through James, Ps James looks at James 2:14-26 and what it means to have a faith in Jesus that is real, living and seen in what we do.

Why do we treat some people as more important than others? In week 4 of our series through James, Ps Simon looks at James 2:1-13 and what it means to see Jesus clearly, honour people equally and show mercy freely.

Why Doesn't God's Word Change Me More? In week 3 of our series through James, Ps Simon looks at James 1:19-27 and what it means to receive God's word humbly, look into it carefully and live it visibly.

In week 2 of our series through James, Ps James looks at where temptation comes from, how it grows, and why we can trust God who gives only good gifts and never changes.

James says to count trials as joy not because the trial is good, but because of what God is doing in us in the midst of it. Opening our series through James, Ps Simon looks at trials, wisdom, and the undivided life God is growing in us.

Join Ps Simon as he leads us through 2 Kings 2:1-15, where Elijah is taken up to heaven and Elisha is left to continue without his beloved mentor. As one faithful servant departs and another steps into his place, we'll see a powerful truth: God takes His servants home, but He never takes His work or His power with them.

This week Ps James leads us through 1 Kings 19:19-21 where Elisha, while going about his everyday work, is called by God to carry on Elijah's mission. Leaving everything behind Elisha obeys God and goes. Through Elisha's example we see that faith is trusting the God we know with the future we don't.

Join Ps Simon as he leads us through 1 Kings 19:1-18, where Elijah comes down from the victory on Mount Carmel and, within a single verse, is exhausted, afraid and depressed enough to pray that God would take his life. Through it all we'll see how the God of compassion responds to His servant - He listens, He restores, He speaks and He sends.

Join Ps Simon as he leads us through 1 Kings 18:17-39, where a prophet, a wicked king and 450 prophets of Baal meet on Mount Carmel, and a nation that has been calling out for years finally discovers which God answers. Through it all we'll see the mercy of a God who calls a divided people back to Himself.

Join Ps Simon as he leads us through 1 Kings 17:7-24 and we follow Elijah into four hopeless places - a dry brook, a foreign gate, an empty kitchen, and a home where a boy has died. Through it all we'll see that even when God's own people have stopped listening, He is still speaking.

Join Ps Simon as he leads us through 1 Kings 16:29-17:7 and we meet Elijah in one of the darkest moments in Israel's history - a king who has made idolatry the state religion and a people who have stopped listening to God. Through it all we'll see that God keeps His promises.

In week two of Generous for the Sake of the Kingdom, Ps Simon works through 2 Corinthians 8 and Matthew 6 to ask three questions: where does generosity come from, what does it reveal, and where does it lead?

In our final week in Esther, Ps James shows us in chapters 9 and 10 that the day appointed for the destruction of God's people becomes a day of deliverance, fear gives way to feasting, and a rescued people pause to remember and celebrate. We see how this points us to the greater rescue we celebrate at the cross.

Join Ps Simon as he leads us through Esther 8 and we see the amazing grace of God on display in four ways: grace that lifts the lowly, grace that sees our tears, grace that overcomes the law, and grace that turns mourning into joy - and discover how the story of a second decree in Esther points us straight to the cross of Christ.