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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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…before him. Call out to him. Plead with him to remedy that apathy and to bring back that joy, that spiritual fervor that you once felt. It says inJames 4, verse 8, draw near to God and he will draw near to you. That's a promise that we can count on. Teach the older men to be sound in love, Paul says to Titus.…
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…then I'm going to go this way and you find that you're lost. But the truth is you're lost because you decided that you were better off on your own.James 4, verse 8, says come close to God and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, he sinners. Purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God…
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…you to see. God didn't move until they did. God didn't move until they did you say well, I'm waiting on God. Maybe God's waiting on you. BecauseJames 4:8says, Draw nigh to God and God will draw nigh to you. But you need to draw nigh to him. You need to seek him if you want him to seek you. The story…
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…you to see. God didn't move until they did. God didn't move until they did you say well, I'm waiting on God. Maybe God's waiting on you. BecauseJames 4:8says, Draw nigh to God and God will draw nigh to you. But you need to draw nigh to him. You need to seek him if you want him to seek you. The story…
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…You'll find in Hebrews 4, verse 16, let us draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and obtain grace to help in time of need.James 4, verse 8, draw near to God and He will draw near to you. So when we come to gather together as the gatherer church of God, we are drawing near to God. And…
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…things that we do to draw near to God. I just want to leave us with one simple word of encouragement. This is God's invitation to you and to me.James 4, verse 8. It says, draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Do you want this kind of relationship that David has with God in Psalm 63? Do you want…
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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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…And that leaves me to conclude that maybe that is the good life. That he is a good God who loves in proximity and intimacy. Who promises us inJames 4 verse 8that as we draw near to him, he will draw near to us. Who, as it says in Psalm 139, knows us fully and loves us all the more. Who bends near to us…
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…my boat and do life. No, you were called to be a seeker, which means you constantly are in this journey of learning and growing. The Bible says inJames 4, verse 8, if you draw near to him, he will draw near to you. How many of us think it's the other way around? Like, okay, God, if you could just draw near to…
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…them. Let's notice what James says about this in James 4. And 8. How do you have a pure heart? I want to have one, don't you? How do you have it?James 4:8draw near to God and He will draw near to you. That's number one, but we're going to get to what that actually means in just a moment. So I'm going…
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…can pray and God will hear that prayer and bless them with an answer. First anyone who desires to seek God can pray to God. Right, Bible says inJames 4:8draw near to God and He will draw near to you. So, while prayer is exclusive, It is as simple as when a person. Sincerely, is trying to reach out…
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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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…circular talk there. It sounds like gibberish, but that is the way the Bible describes purity. Purity is often linked to its absence. For example,James 4, verse 8, cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. The fact that we are sinful and we harbor sin in our heart is what's…
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…to be near his people. I was reading it just this morning in my personal worship, and it's so fitting how God just brings these things up inJames 4, verse 8. He says, draw near to God. You guys know the promise? Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Church, you know that God loves to draw near…
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…practice how to deal with demonic activity in your life or in the life of other people. Okay, and it's very easy. It's found in the Scriptures. SoJames, chapter 4, verses 7 through 10. We're going to just take this step by step and we're going to do it right now, together, okay. So the first one is submit yourself to God in every…
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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 we also communicate in how we live our lives because even your actions are speaking to God. But know that God desires to speak back to us. AsJames 4:8lets us know that as we get near to God, that he actually gets near to us. He speaks to us. He communicates us. He wants to get a message to us.…
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This is a continuation of our exposition of the book of James, and today's text isJames chapter 4 verses 7 through 10. I'll begin by reading it, but before I do, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us. It was written for his glory and our good.…
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…4, because that confession of sin, what do we do when we have that deep grieving and mourning over the sin that we've committed? What do we do? InJames 4, verse 8, he says, draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, purify your hearts, ye double-minded people. And then…
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…have divided loyalties. A pure heart is not a sinless heart. But it is a heart that is united, that is undivided upon God. James, in his letter, inJames 4, verse 8, we often quote this verse. He says, draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you…
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