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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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…can be as stated in James, chapter 4, not, not our answers. Our prayers are not answered. One reason that we don't receive what we pray for is inJames 4:3, you ask and not receive because you ask with Lie that you met Pam peel lusts. Going back to God knows exactly why we are asking. What is our…
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…intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight. But all are naked and exposed in the eyes of him to whom we must give account.James Chapter 4, verses 1 through 10, says this what causes quarrels and fights among you? Is it not this that your passions are at War within you? You desire and do not have you. So…
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…and open to reason and full of mercy and good fruits. Right? It brings forth peace, not division, not conflict. So with that in mind, let's readJames chapter 4, verses 1 through 3. And before I read it, let me remind you, beloved, this is God's word to us. It was written for his glory and our good. And so we would do well to…
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…to understand your word. Better can pray scripture to God. This is a place where we come and we humbly ask the Lord to provide daily. What we needJames 4:3says you ask and you do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it on your passions. So again this is not the place to share our Christmas…
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…worthless. In James chapter 2 verse 14, There are those who claim faith, but do not have works. Which demonstrates that their faith is false. InJames 4 verses 1 through 6, There are those who have fights and quarrels because of ongoing sinful passions, Which cause them to murder. And more so, they lack the humility…
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…to say about this human condition and how to move forward. So it would be a great help to me if you would take your Bibles and turn it intoJames 4, verses 1 to 6. James 4, verses 1 to 6. And if you're joining us online for the first time, or you're maybe here, I can't tell with masks, if you're a first-time…
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…is doing. Here's a second thing, and that is sometimes it appears that God denies our request because we don't align ourselves with God. This is inJames 4:3. Here's what it says. When you ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. In…
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…things above God. I have worshiped created things instead of my creator. That's idolatry. All of us have done that. All of us have done that.James chapter 4, verses 2 through 4. I'll start halfway through verse 2. And understand, James, he doesn't mince words. I know, by the way, this message is hard-hitting and…
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…things above God. I have worshiped created things instead of my creator. That's idolatry. All of us have done that. All of us have done that.James chapter 4, verses 2 through 4. I'll start halfway through verse 2. And understand, James, he doesn't mince words. I know, by the way, this message is hard-hitting and…
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…the will of God, then our prayers will, without fail, be answered. But if we pray for self-serving purposes, then our prayers will not be answered.James chapter 4 verse 3tells us as much. He says, You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it on your passions. There are people who teach Christians…
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…if he's not answering or appears not to answer, is that you could be asking, but you're asking wrongly. This is the next verse in James chapter 4.James chapter 4, verse 3. You ask and don't receive, because you ask wrongly to spend on your passions. This is be where what I'm asking for really is what I'm asking for…
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…we have the requests that we have asked of him. But if we pray for self-serving purposes, then our prayers will not be answered. Or another place,James 4, verse 3, it says, You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it on your passions. So if we pray according to his will, there's a promise…
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…not what he's saying. We have to understand the context here. You know, the overall, you know, what the scriptures tell us about prayer. Jot downJames 4, verse 3. Dot down 1 John 5, 14. We gotta pray within God's will, right? We we we pray that those kinds of things. Anyways, that aside, he says, you know,…
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…ways that we live dealing with our own spiritual lives and the way that we interact with all of our environments. And today we're going to look atJames chapter 4, verses 1 through 5, 1 through 6. And as we look at this, what I want to start with is asking you a question. And that is, what is it that you want? If you were to…
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…he desires. That's a very good thing by the way when you want what God wants that's a good thing because God tends to get what he wants. But inJames chapter 4 verses 2 through 3it gives us a little more clarity on this it adds to that it says yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. And even when…
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…he desires. That's a very good thing by the way when you want what God wants that's a good thing because God tends to get what he wants. But inJames chapter 4 verses 2 through 3it gives us a little more clarity on this it adds to that it says yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. And even when…
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…God might delay in answering us. First one, uh, we're uh we're asking for the wrong thing. We're asking for the wrong thing. Is this ever you? UhJames 4, verses 3says this you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it on your passions. Okay, is this you? What's the thing that you're asking…
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…S word. That's another word that we have a hard time with. We're going to get into that. But in order to help us understand this, we're looking atJames chapter 4, verses 1 through 10. If you want to turn there, if you have a Bible, otherwise it'll be up on the screen. James chapter 4, verses 1 through 10. And we're going to see…
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…purposeful. Look at what he said in verse 3. Praying for you. Praying for you. Too often our prayers are vague in general. Too often. I like whatJames chapter 4, verses 1 through 3say. They talk about the lifeless praying. It really does. Do we have there we go? From whence come wars and fightings among you. Come they not…
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…is dream teaching to some people. But he puts some parameters on this. He clearly puts some parameters on this. In fact, if we continue reading inJames 4, verse 3, he says, Jesus gives you a wonderful example in the garden as he's quickly approaching the time of his crucifixion. Mark 14, verse 36, one account…
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