Lord Willing: The Sin of Self-Directed Planning (James 4:13-17) [Audio]

LifePoint Baptist Church Pastor Jarrod Stotmeister lpforme.com Wednesday Night Sermon Title: Lord Willing: The Sin of Self-Directed Planning Date: July 1, 2026 Passage: James 4:13-17 In this message from James 4:13-17, Pastor Jarrod Stotmeister preaches on the danger of making plans without reference to God’s will. James exposes the pride of self-confident living, reminds us of the frailty and brevity of life, and calls believers to humble obedience. To know what is right and refuse to do it is not merely weakness, but sin. James 4:13-17 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.