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How to stop a fight: James 4:1-3

How To Stop a Fight James 4:1-3 1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have, so you murder. You are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. Intro: Jas. 3:17-18, 2 Tim. 3:2-4 POINT #1 – We serve a God who has no desires Lam. 3:24, Hab. 3:17-18, Eph. 1:3-8, Rom. 9:15- 16, Rom. 8:38-39 POINT #2 – God gave us the ability to desire Gen. 1:28-31, Ecc. 2:24, Ecc. 9:7-10, Ecc. 11:9 POINT #3 – Our desires can lead us either towards great desires or evil desires Jas. 4:2-3, Prov. 30:15, Phil. 4:19 PRACTICAL APPLICATION: How do I grow in “good passions/desires”? 1. Spend time contemplating and meditating on the nature and attributes of God o Ps. 27:4 2. Practice Contentment o 1 Tim. 6:6 3. Give away your money and resources to the church and those in need o Ecc. 11:1-2, Lk. 12:16-21, 2 Cor. 9:6-11, Matt. 16:25-26