Category: James 4
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Resist!
James 4:7 “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” One of the things that we need to understand about the Bible is that the enemy of our souls knows what it says better than we do. From the very beginning, Satan began his temptation of people by drawing attention to the Word of…
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The Proud
James 4:6 “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” So, as you read the verse above, which side of the word “but” would you rather be on? The Scriptures give us many examples of those who were on the wrong side. Nebuchadnezzar was the greatest king of his day. At least that’s how…
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Spiritual Adultery
James 4:4 “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” You’ve heard the expression, “If the shoe fits . . . “ It’s an idiom that means that if something is suggested about…
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Difficult People
James 4:1 “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?” It’s so important that we realize that the Bible is to be taken personally. This is particularly true when we see the word “you” used. One such place is the verse above. …
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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,…
To Encourage You 