Live Big, Give Big & Pray Like a Camel

This sermon explores James 5's teaching on wealth, poverty, and spiritual priorities, emphasizing that God desires our whole lives, not just our money. The message addresses both the wealthy (warning against hoarding and false security in riches) and the oppressed (encouraging patience and perseverance). Using Jesus's encounter with the rich young ruler and the metaphor of a camel going through the eye of a needle, the pastor illustrates how impossible it is to enter God's kingdom through human effort alone. The central call is to "live large and give large" while maintaining complete dependence on God through prayer, symbolized by a baby camel being led through a narrow gate—representing our need for God's guidance in surrendering our resources and lives to Him. The sermon emphasizes John Wesley's principle: "Earn all you can, save all you can, and give all you can," while maintaining that possessions should never possess us.