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James 4:8 · BSB
4:8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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…the word, but we become doers of it as well. Last week I spent the whole week talking about the power of learning to think with eternity in mind.James chapter 4, James says that our lives are a mist. They're here for a moment and then we're gone. And when our lives are gone, the question you have to ask is,…
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…not a blank check, meaning that God is gonna give you everything that you ask. Right? Because we can pray for wrong things as James teaches us. InJames chapter 4. He says, You do not have because you do not ask. Actually, many times we don't ask, We don't have because we don't ask. But sometimes when we do…
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…not a blank check, meaning that God is gonna give you everything that you ask. Right? Because we can pray for wrong things as James teaches us. InJames chapter 4. He says, You do not have because you do not ask. Actually, many times we don't ask, We don't have because we don't ask. But sometimes when we do…
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…says, talk about other people's problems. Pride says, you're good, they have issues. Well, let me, I want you to see something in James. Go over toJames chapter 4. I'm getting back to the end of my fast story in a moment, but in James 4, verse 1, and then I want to look at 6 through 10. Where do wars and…
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…my family and as for me and my family we're going to keep going. We're going to keep growing. James 4.8 Would you turn there with me very quickly?James chapter 4and verse 8. It's one book over from Hebrews 12. James 4 and verse 8. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Say man I've tried. I've tried…
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…so no matter which way we look at the fall of man in the garden of Eden, that snare that Satan laid was so attractive. Very, very beautiful. AndJames chapter 4, 1 says, where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? Hallelujah. Do…
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…be generous at all times. Are you with me? This is really clear. Go with me to the book of James. Flip over there with me real quickly. Chapter 4.James, chapter 4. Let's read the second part of verse 2. You do not have because you do not ask. How many know it's alright to ask God, it's actually encouraged to…
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…with boastful arrogance. Listen, understand, when you plan, don't do it with boastful arrogance because such is evil according to James. Notice inJames Chapter 4, beginning in verse 13. Come now, you who say today or tomorrow, we will go to such a city, spend a year there and buy and sell and make a profit.…
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…dead and how that is the basis, the foundation for our faith. Well, this Sunday, we're kind of concluding the D-Now theme, so we're going to be inJames chapter 4today, so if you would take your Bibles with me, turn to the book of James chapter 4. While you're turning there, let me quiz the teenagers for a…
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…Jacob. You ever find yourself in that place? Right? You know what God's called you to do? I mentioned it last night at our cowboy church, right?James chapter 4, where it says, "He who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin." And Jacob, he's not wanting this. He's kind of still keeping Esau…
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Do open your Bibles toJames chapter 4. We'll pick it up at verse 13. And before we get there, let's pray one more time. ! Amen. The 1942 film classic, Casablanca. I wasn't there when it…
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…and the nature of Almighty God. But if you want to invite him into the situation, then get rid of pride and go low in deep humility. Why? BecauseJames chapter 4, 6 doesn't just say that God opposes the proud, it says this, but he gives grace to the humble. It means he looks at those who walk in humility and…
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…And we're allowing His word and His will to change us. It's impossible for me to talk about prayer and not spend a little bit of time in prayer.James chapter 4, verse two says we have not because we ask not. And so I'm going to do something, you know, a little bit different before we go into our time of…
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Well, please do turn upJames chapter 4. We'll be focusing on verses 11 and 12 this morning. I read the wider passage to give us the context from last week. If we were to boil the letter…
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…they couldn't believe that I allowed such and such to attend our church. Most of those rumors came from other churches. Why? I don't know. But inJames chapter 4, he writes, do not speak evil against one another brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother speaks evil against the law…
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…And so those four wives, God listens and answers those prayers when we pray those. So then the question is, okay, how do I pray that? Well, inJames chapter 4, the Bible says this you have not, because you ask not. And so the first principle of prayer is that you should do it. Sometimes we don't get…
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…the intimacy of this relationship. Jesus promised us in John 14 when the Holy Spirit would come. He said, He will live in you and make us one. InJames chapter 4, the Bible says this draw near to the Lord and He will draw near to you. In Hebrews, the Bible calls us to, in our time of need, boldly come into…
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…why don't you give up on God and curse him? Some would say that was a bad marriage. So finally, and briefly, here are three things you need to do.James chapter 4and verse 8, come close to God and God will come close to you. James goes on, wash your hands you sinners, purify your hearts for your loyalty is…
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The reading this morning comes from the book ofJames, chapter 4and 5. Please follow along in your bulletins or on the screen behind me. Starting in chapter 4, verse 13, we read, Come now, you who say, today or…
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…means that we will engage with hostility and problems and difficulty. This whole earth is under the despair of human hostility. James says inJames chapter 4, where do fight wars and quarrels among you come from? Don't they come from your desires, that battle within you. You desire but do not have. So…
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