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by: Debbie Galyen

09/03/2024

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“What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?” (1). James tells us that when we are undecided about which kingdom we serve, this tension produces conflicts. We fight with one another, and we pray with “wrong motives” because our hearts are not aligned with God (1-3). James paints the choice clearly: to be a “friend of the world” is to be an enemy of God, because the values, goals, and methods of the world are opposite of God’s (4-9).

“Come near to God, and He will come near to you” (8). Rather than the misery of being “double-minded”, God calls us to throw ourselves completely on Him, and He will “lift us up” (10). 

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“What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?” (1). James tells us that when we are undecided about which kingdom we serve, this tension produces conflicts. We fight with one another, and we pray with “wrong motives” because our hearts are not aligned with God (1-3). James paints the choice clearly: to be a “friend of the world” is to be an enemy of God, because the values, goals, and methods of the world are opposite of God’s (4-9).

“Come near to God, and He will come near to you” (8). Rather than the misery of being “double-minded”, God calls us to throw ourselves completely on Him, and He will “lift us up” (10). 

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