The Bible – James chapter 4

Raynette K. Weiss ministries presents this bible study for your spiritual growth, joy and peace in the Lord.
Thursday April 22, 2021

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From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
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Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
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Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
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Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
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But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Prov 3:34 1 Pet 5:5
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Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
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There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
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Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
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Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
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For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
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Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Summary chapter 4; the apostle of Christ wrote about the origins of war, lust, and life’s uncertainties. He pondered why people lust and fight over things and still are unable to have them. He claimed that the reason that the people he was writing to did not have what they wanted was because they either did not ask for it or they asked for the wrong thing to simply satisfy their lust.

Prayer request corner; One is to pray for the U.S. while they go through some real big changes. Second, please pray for the country of Ethiopia, which is a christian country mostly. There is a lot of controversy over their voting and the pandemic is very bad there as well. Pray for their citizens and their people.

closing prayer; Heavenly Father, thank You that ‘in-Christ’ I have the sufficient grace and power through Him to overcome the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. Thank You that Your grace is sufficient for all my needs, for my sufficiency is in Christ alone. We are praying for the U.S. to still be free and not be run with people that should not run them, and go back to the constitution and the bill of rights. We are praying for the country of Ethiopia who has a bad situation with the upcoming election, and the pandemic. We pray that all the people will come out ok with this. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

For those who wish to become a child of our heavenly Lord, or strengthen their faith, please pray the following prayer below.

Dear Heavenly Father, I want to be a part of your family. You said in Your Word that if I acknowledge that You raised Jesus from the dead, and that I accept Him as my Lord and Savior, I would be saved. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for forgiving me, saving me, and giving me eternal life with You. Amen!” 
By saying this prayer, we believe you are born again.

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