Category: James 4
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Future Thoughts
James 4:13-14 “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring . . . Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this…
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The God Who Sees
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Sometimes the Bible tells us the same thing in two different ways, i.e., the positive and the negative, in the very same verse. Such is the case in the verse above. There are two commands given here, but they are…
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Drawing Near to God
James 4:8 “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” How close are you to God? How close do you want to be? The verse above instructs us of a simple truth – if we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us. So how, exactly, does one do this? …
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Drawing Near to God
James 4:8 “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” Do you believe the promises of God? The Bible is filled with them – but do you know what they are? And of those you may know, that you may have read or otherwise heard about, do you actually believe them? Do…
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Life’s Battles
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” So much of life is a battle. Some struggle to make a living. It seems like it’s always such an uphill climb. Others fight addictions, but with little success. There is fighting within families, and broken homes, broken relationships, and…
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Inside Out
John 18:28 “Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.” James 4:8 “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands,…
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Eternity
James 4:14 “What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” My daughter said something to me awhile back that I’ve been thinking about ever since. We were at a Pittsburgh Pirates game. There were probably 20,000 people there or so. It was as we were taking…
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Double-minded
Philippians 4:8-9 “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God…
To Encourage You 