James 4:2
You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.James 4:3
You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
blessed be the name of the Lord his name
is Jesus we thank you Lord for all who
visit us we thank you for those who are
with us we thank you for all those who
are with you who you hold in your hands
Lord we thank you Lord for being our
Lord we thank you for this day for
everything that’s gonna happen in this
day for those we will meet those who
will encourage those who will encourage
us we thank you Lord for all of your
creation in Jesus mighty name amen now
have mercy on us Lord and when when we
make requests that are not the right
thing change it up for us Lord make a
request for us intercede for us lord
know that we need more of your help to
be able to request the right thing Lord
but as your wor word already gives some
guidance towards it lord I pray that all
may request your things Lord your work
Lord and not just things for our own
personal pleasure we thank you Lord for
who you are for what you’ve done and for
what you’re about to do James for James
4 verse 3 James 4 verse 3 you make your
request but you do not get it because
your request has been wrongly made
desiring the thing only so that you may
make use of it for your pleasure it’s
not about how you made your request a
lot of people think that there is a
search
way in which you may must request things
from God a certain form a formality but
it’s just that a formality God who
searches the hearts of men searches as
to why you are requesting them it is not
that first you have to say five times Oh
Holy Father hear my request it’s not at
first you have to pray the prayer of
Jabez it’s not at first you have to pray
this thing and that thing that it’s all
that is all form those are all examples
it is about why you are requesting the
thing for you know in your heart in your
soul why you’re requesting it and God
searches the hearts to find out why you
want a certain thing if we look at James
4 verse 2 we will see you are burning
with desire and have not your desire so
you put man to death you are full of
envy and you are not able to get your
desire so you are fighting and making
war you have not your desire because you
do not make requests for it you make
your request but you do not get it
because your request has been wrongly
made desiring the thing only so that you
may make use of it for your pleasure and
is about requesting things of the world
request for the Holy Spirit requests for
the knowledge of God’s Word
requests for knowing God o you James 4
verse 4 who are false to God do you not
see that the Friends of this world are
not God’s his friends every man desiring
to be a friend of this world makes
himself a hater of God I pray Lord we
are not your haters help us guide us
features to make requests there are for
your pleasure Lord make our hearts
hearts of flesh so that in our requests
your mercy your selflessness might be
shown Lord in Jesus mighty name amen
blessed be our Lord let the holy spirit
increase everywhere amen amen and amen
blessed be our Lord let us do our
reading so lord give us your word speak
with your voice speaking through the
hearts of those who are under the power
of your voice let us all as Christians
be free from the friendship of the world
and be submitted submitted to Christ to
God shutting down every contact with the
enemy
the lusts of this world for something
that you imagine a thought can be a lost
if it’s not submitted to God the worldly
and fleshly lusts the things we desire
in this world are things with which
interfere with our contentment and
satisfaction in the Lord blessed be your
Lord and may he give us that peace
between man and God that no man can give
that nothing in this world can give
remember look around you the rich and
the poor commit suicide and fall prey to
the whisperings of the enemy who seeks
to destroy God’s creation a certain part
of it certainly not himself yet let us
pay attention as to what we desire for
God looks and why we desire something
what are we going to do with it what are
we going to do with it
bless it be your Lord Lord give us your
word speak with your voice speak unto
the hearts of those who are under the
power of your voice in Jesus mighty name
amen
blessed be our Lord blessed be your
Lord in Jesus mighty name amen
James for verse one James for verse one
what is the cause of wars and fighting
among you what is the cause of war and
fighting is it not your desires which
are at war in your bodies the essence of
war is not this one or that person its
desires within our bodies within our own
minds within our own hearts within our
own souls that’s where it starts the
Word of God says let no one who is dual
minded think that he will receive
anything from God
why cause do all mindedness means that
there’s a lust a desire for things of
the world which creates war which
creates fighting among people first –
you are burning with desire and have not
your desire and so you put man to death
you are full of envy and you are not
able to get your desire so you are
fighting and making war you have not
your desire because you do not make
requests for it you don’t ask you want
to take the teeth the land grabber the
rapists all of those they have a desire
or lust they do not ask
they make no requests but go and try to
take the one who starts the war and
whatever level
verse three you make your request now we
come on to those who do make a request
but you do not get it why because your
request has been wrongly made and it’s
not how you make the request but how the
state of your heart is when you make
that request what is your purpose
why are you desiring that thing desiring
the thing only so that you may make use
of it for your pleasure it’s a selfish
desire and so you won’t get it unless
you get it from the world which is a
whole other can of worms oh you James
for verse four o you who are false to
God do you not see that the Friends of
this world are not God’s friends every
man desiring to be a friend of this
world makes himself a hater of God or
does it seem to you that it is for
nothing
that the holy writings say the spirit
which God put into our hearts has a
strong desire for us do you think it is
nothing but he gives more grace so that
the writings say God is against the man
of pride but he gives grace to those who
make themselves low before him every
time you do something out of pride don’t
even think that because you have a Bible
open but you’re doing something out of
pride that it pleases God it does not it
does not
God is against the man of pride lust
desire and pride the thing that things
that are mentioned that bring man down
and I mean mankind that bring it down to
the ground like the beasts in the field
lust desire and pride for this cause
because you do not want to be a hater of
God for this cause be ruled by God but
make war on the evil one and he will be
put to flight before you and our warfare
is not carnal in nature but it’s again
against spiritual wickedness in high
places war against the evil one come
near to God verse 8 and he will come
near to you make your hands clean you
evildoers put away deceit from your
hearts you false in mind false in mind
because sometimes people say the right
thing but God searches not lip service
but he searches the hearts to know what
and why it is coming out of their mind
be troubled with sorrow and weeping let
your laughing be turned to sorrow and
your joy to grief for those of us who
are well trying to make requests for
things of the world
make yourselves low in the eyes of the
Lord and you will be lifted up by him
the Lord says
seek the Lord and he who knows that you
need things of the world he will give
them to you because he knows that you
need things in the world it’s as simple
as that verse 11
do not say evil against one another my
brother’s he who says evil against his
brother or makes himself his brother’s
is judge says evil against the law and
is judging the law and in judging the
law you become not a doer of the law but
a judge there is only one judge and
lawgiver even he who has the power of
salvation and of destruction but who are
you to be your neighbor’s judge who are
you
are you on desiring things of the world
or are you one desiring God how foolish
it is James 4 verse 13 how foolish it is
to say today or tomorrow we will go into
this town and be there for a year and do
business there and get wealth how
foolish it is the Word of God says the
inspired Word of God says to make plans
about getting wealth how foolish it is
when you are not certain what will take
place tomorrow
what is your life it is a myth vaporware
which is seen for a little time and then
is gone but the right thing to say would
be if it is the Lord’s pleasure and if
we are still living we will do this and
that
but now you go on glorying in your pride
and all such glory is evil the man who
has knowledge of how to do good and does
not do it to him it is sin realize that
the Lord many of the prophets were
always against the priests against the
Pharisees against the Sadducees against
those who knew the Word of God why
because to them transgressing it going
against it is sin because they know it
because they know it those who have no
knowledge of God who have no knowledge
of the law of God and in many instances
are innocent for they do not know it but
those who know it yet still do the
wisdom of the world to them it is sin I
pray I pray that we may all be able all
be able to make our requests seek and
you shall find ask and you shall receive
knock and the door will be opened find
secret find receive open to what do the
infilling with the Spirit of God that
one spirit for God is spirit that works
differently too many people in a
different way yeah
still the same spirit and through that
spirit be one with God and receive His
blessings for he is the one who opens up
the gates of his storehouse of blessings
over us I pray that at all times you may
turn your eyes away from the things of
the world to seek the things of God in
Jesus mighty name amen
blessed be our Lord may all your
requests be for God’s pleasure may all
your requests may God see that you are
his friend and not a hater of God in
Jesus mighty name amen
blessed be our Lord blessed
