God Has to Be First

Considering, in the middle of these modern and technologically rich times, the multitude of things that clamor for our attention, in what place should God be?

A Partial List of Scriptures: 
Jas 1:1  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 

Jas 1:2  My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 
Jas 1:3  Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 
Jas 1:4  But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 

Php 2:5  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 

Jas 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 
Jas 1:6  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 
Jas 1:7  For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 

Jas 1:12  Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 
Jas 1:13  Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 
Jas 1:14  But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 
Jas 1:15  Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 

Jas 1:17  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 
Jas 1:18  Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 

Jas 1:22  But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 
Jas 1:23  For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 
Jas 1:24  For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 
Jas 1:25  But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 
Jas 1:26  If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 

THIS IS THE ONLY GUIDE BOOK WE HAVE, IF WE TRULY WANT TO COME TO KNOW THE ONLY REAL GOD!!

Jas 2:6  But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 
Jas 2:7  Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? 

Jas 2:8  If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 

Rom 12:19  Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 

Jas 2:9  But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 
Jas 2:10  For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 
Jas 2:11  For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 

YOU HAVE A DIRECT LINE/LINK TO GOD THE FATHER... DIRECT AND INSTANTANEOUS!  HE IS NEVER AWAY, ON VACATION, UNAVAILABLE.  WE ARE COMMANDED TO SEEK AND WE WILL FIND, ASK AND WE SHALL RECEIVE... 

God wants us to DO A WORK and reach out to people. 

We need to put OUR LIVES into THIS WORK and not worry about the harvest... we just must continue to dig and sow, dig and sow and prepare OURSELVES, and GROW OURSELVES, and LEARN OURSELVES and STUDY OURSELVES... while we work and wait for GOD TO GIVE WHAT INCREASE HE considers good for HIS WORK.

Mr. Spears was a dedicated minister of Jesus Christ who faithfully served and loved the brethren over many decades. Baptized in 1969 with his wife, Rita, Mr. Spears grew as a pillar of the Church of God serving in many capacities; from teaching on the Sabbath and giving Bible Studies, to Spokesman’s Club, Graduate Speakers Club, to counseling, engaging congregational activities, and working with church youth programs.

Mr. Spears was born in Bisbee Arizona in 1938. He graduated from the University of Arizona in 1961 and was recruited by Del Monte Foods, of San Francisco where he worked for 43 years before retiring. He and Rita had celebrated 56 years of marriage.