1. What kind of planning do you do in your life? (Goals, budgets etc?)

-How valuable do you think making plans is?

-How do you feel when those plans are fouled?

2. Read James 4:13-17. What kind of human condition (a sinful one) do you think this passage is addressing?

-Can you think of another verse in the Bible where someone displays this kind of attitude? What was the outcome.

3. Read verse 14 again. What does it say about our lives? How should we plan in light of this

4. Read Mathew 6:32-33. What does this passage say should be different in our planning compared to that of non-Christians?

5. What does verse 15 say is the right way to plan?

6. Verse 17 specifies a sin. What is it, and when have you been guilty of committing this sin?

-How can we avoid this sin?

7. Read James 5:1-6. What goals do you think the kind of people referred to here have for their lives?

8. What is the biggest surprise that God has given you in your life that went beyond or against your plans?