Living by the Book/Living by the Book Workbook Set (164 page)

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s you wind down your Bible study of James, we hope you’re accumulating help and information that you can carry with you throughout your life. So far, we’ve been doing a lot of looking backward to see what James had to say, and then bringing relevant applications to the present. Today we want to look into the future. Though he placed less emphasis on this than on other topics, James did challenge us to take care in how we plan for the future. Your challenge today is to see how much you can find on this topic.

Again, take note of anything specific he said on the issues. Then create general principles that will be helpful and easy to remember.

Applications That Address Planning for the Future

Principles to Live By

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erhaps this is the page you’ve been waiting for. It’s the last activity in this workbook. However, we hope that this won’t be an end for you, but rather a beginning. If you’ve learned the Bible study methods you’ve been practicing in this workbook, they should serve you faithfully in many, many studies to come.

As you close your study of James, we’re going to leave this final day up to you. Look for an area of desired life-change that you don’t feel has been adequately addressed to this point, and meditate on what James has to say about it. We haven’t said much about sickness, suffering, temptation, and other topics found in James. Whatever you choose, use the space below to list some specific steps you might take to heed what James was saying in order to make your life better from this point on.