James 4 ~ Praying Scripture

Please read James 4.

Meditate on verse 6.

But He gives greater grace.

Therefore it says,

“God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

As if God’s grace to save you from eternity in hell isn’t enough, He gives greater grace to forgive you when you fall back into the sins listed in James 4:1-4.  James wrote to Christians.  These believers were fighting, quarreling, lusting, envying, murdering, being friends with the world, and being enemies of God.  James calls them adulteresses for engaging in such hostile behaviors.

God jealously desires the Holy Spirit He caused to dwell in you to be allowed to live in you.  You have a choice to make.  In appreciation of God’s greater grace that does not zap you dead for engaging in spiritually adulterous behavior, will you submit to God, resist the devil, draw near to God, purify your heart and mind, be miserable and mourn over your sin, and humble yourself in the presence of the LORD?

You know the right thing to do. Choosing not to do the right thing is sin.

Pray James 4:6-10 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, You are opposed to the proud.

May ________ and I be humble;

we need Your greater grace.

Help us to submit to You and resist the devil.

Make the devil flee from us.

Draw near to us, LORD, as we draw to You.

Cleanse our hands and our double-minded hearts.

Let us be miserable, mourn, and weep over sin.

Let us never laugh and be joyful about sin.

LORD, may we humble ourselves in Your presence.

You be exalted, Jesus,

For Your name’s sake~”