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James 4:3 · BSB
4:3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
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…BUT EVERYBODY WHO'S OUT FRONT NEEDS THE PRAYER CLOSET PEOPLE. THEY SURE DO. THANK YOU, JESUS. ANYWAY, WHERE AM I? OKAY, UM, 3 JOHN 2, AND THENJAMES 4:3. LOOK THERE WITH ME. I NEED— I NEED FOR YOU TO SEE IT. JAMES 4:3. ALL RIGHT, ACTUALLY VERSE NUMBER 2. YOU LUST AND DO NOT HAVE. YOU MURDER AND…
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…I WILL RECEIVE YOU." IN OTHER WORDS, I'LL ANSWER YOU, AND I'LL BE A FATHER TO YOU, AND YOU'LL BE MY SONS AND MY DAUGHTERS, SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY.JAMES 4:3, NOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SCRIPTURE ABOUT WORLDLINESS. JAMES 4, THREE THROUGH FOUR, OR JAMES SAYS, "YOU ASK, BUT YOU DO NOT RECEIVE." BECAUSE WHEN…
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…want us to have in the back of our minds the argument among the disciples as we read this passage. They're arguing about who's the greatest. Ready?James chapter 4, verses 1 through 4. What causes quarrels among you, and what causes fights among you? Is it not this that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not…
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…his emphasis on living a faithful life as a Christian. And in his letter, he is writing, and he says an interesting verse, it's on the screen,James chapter 4, verse 3, he says, You ask and you don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your own pleasures. James in this verse is…
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…right? Jesus is shifting the perspective. He's saying, Wrong prayer. Here's what I want. Right prayer. God, give me what I need to follow you well.James 4, verse 3says, When you ask, you do not receive because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. So instead of…
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All right, Anna's going to come and read for us fromJames chapter 4, verses 1 to 10. That's our New Testament reading today from which our sermon is based. ! You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it on your…
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…is the most important prayer that you will ever OfferUp. OK but what about your other prayers right? Why are they not being answered? Well, inJames 4 verse 3it says you ask and do not receive because you asked wrongly. Just spend it on your passions. In that word wrongly in the in the Greek it means…
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…midst of these conflicts. And so if you have a copy of God's Word, I want you to follow along as we read the first six verses of James chapter 4.James 4, verses 1 through 6, and this is what the Word of the Lord says. It says this, What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your…
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…of, of delineating between those truly living for God and those who were living like the world but weren't actually following Jesus. So in inJames chapter 4 verse 3, it says when you ask, you do not receive because you asked with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. In Proverbs 28,…
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…you? Sometimes we pray and nothing happens. And part of the reason nothing happens is because we're praying with the wrong motives. That's whatJames chapter 4, verse 3tells us. And so here's what I want to do. I want to take a minute. We're going to have a silent prayer. And I want to ask you just to think about…
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…for another day, another week, another year to be dealt with. So I'm going to have my friend Kenneth come up and read that passage to you. It's inJames chapter 4, verses 1 through 10. I should have given you a little more heads up to look at that, but you just have to listen really closely. What causes fights and quarrels among…
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…Father, He hears and answers all of the prayers of His children. But like any good father, sometimes His answer to our prayers is no. It says inJames 4, verse 3, you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it on your passions. God is not going to answer our prayers for things that fuel our…
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…ask you to? Well, the scripture says maybe you don't receive because you've asked with a bad heart so that you can use it for yourself. That's whatJames chapter 4 verse 3tells us. And so our prayer life should never just be God give me. It should be prayers of praise. It should be... Thanking God for who he is.…
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…align ourselves with God's purpose to the point that there were things that we want are also the things that he wants. Let's look at some examples.James chapter 4 verse 3says you ask and you do not receive because you ask a miss that you may spend it on your pleasures. When you and I get an instinct to pray for…
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…to the Generations Church Podcast. Today, Pastor Jeff continues our series from the book of James. If you have your Bible, we will examineJames chapter 4, verses 1 through 7. And now today's message, Controlling the Tongue. The purpose of the book of James is to correct the false belief that a person can have faith…
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…humble lives and be conformed to the image of Your humble Son, Jesus Christ, who sacrificed Himself for us. In His precious name, we pray, Amen.James 4:1-10(NIV) Submit Yourselves to God 4 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You desire…
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…More. Let me turn with me to James chapter 4. Talking about the selfish request. And I want you to see in James 4 what it says about selfishness.James 4, verses 1 through 3. 3. Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure? That war in your members, you lust and do not…
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…of Supplication and Thanksgiving. Pray ask and be thankful, but don't do it, according to your own will according to your own selfish. Desires.James 4:3says you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it on your own passions. We want to make sure when we go to the Lord in prayer and…
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…what we are not. Then sometimes we want to become what someone else is. Someone else is this, so I want this too. And then when you don't get it,James 4, verses 1-6kicks in. What does it say? Why is it that you have conflicts and quarrels within Jacob? Isn't it because you desire what someone else has and you…
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Alright guys, this morning we are in James chapter 4. James chapter 4. And this morning we will be looking at verses 1 through 10.James chapter 4, verses 1 through 10. Before diving into the text, I would like to remind us of the context. So James is writing to Jewish believers who have fled Jerusalem because of…
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