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July 28, 2024 – lesson 48

James

Focal Verses:  James 4: 1-10
Submit to God in Love
Destructive thoughts and desires lead to further destructive behavior.  What can be done to break this cruel cycle? James asserts that loving and obeying God opens the door to God’s blessings and frees us from conflicts and disputes .  

Keep in Mind
“Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded” (James 4:8, KJV)

Aim for Change
By the end of the lesson, we will:  RECOGNIZE how worldly desires create conflicts; CONVICTED of the ways we caused unnecessary conflict with others; and DEVELOP  ways to seek God in humble submission.

Focal Verses: James 4:1-10
¹ Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 
² You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 
³ You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 
⁴ Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 
⁵ Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?
⁶ But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
⁷ Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 
⁸ Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 
⁹ Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 
¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

Daily Bible Readings:
MONDAY: Romans 8-10
TUESDAY:  Romans 11-13
WEDNESDAY: Romans 14-16
THURSDAY:  1 Corinthians 1-4
FRIDAY: 1 Corinthians 5-8
SATURDAY: 1 Corinthians 9-11
SUNDAY:  1 Corinthians 12-14