When the Cup Gets Bumped

27/09/2026 - Kyle Hanna

James 4:1–12

THE CUPWhen a cup gets bumped, what’s already inside spills out.

Criticism → anger

Success of others → jealousy

Correction → defensiveness

Uncertainty → anxiety

Disagreement → pride

The bump doesn’t create what’s inside—it reveals it.

Question: What’s been spilling out of me lately?

1. THE WAR WITHIN — vv.1–3James traces external conflict back to “passions at war within you.”

Good desires can become ruling desires: