Tuesday - The Letter of James (James 4:4-6)
INTRO: Welcome to daily prayer. This week we will continue our journey as a church body
through James. This has been a convicting few weeks. May the Lord continue to search our
hearts and gently expose us this week as we walk through the beginning of James 4.
Change us, Holy Spirit, as we pray through your Word.
DRAW NEAR/GRATITUDE: Lord here I am. In Him, we live and move and have our
being.
SCRIPTURE: A Scripture reading from James 4: 4-6
4 You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an
enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make
yourself an enemy of God. 5 Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They
say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be
faithful to him.6 And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
A PRAYER OF CONFESSION/TRUST: My Lord. How often does my soul wrestle with the
desires of this world. And I confess the many times I have given myself over to these
temptations. I confess at times that I have had one foot in Your Kingdom and one foot in this
world. Forgive me Lord for not trusting you completely. We see in this scripture
that the two are opposed- we cannot live with one foot in with You and one foot out. All
though we remain in this world, Jesus, you have called us out from it. To not be ruled or to
go along with its broken and fallen systems but to live within Your Kingdom on this earth- as
it continues to invade this world. Lord, we desire an undivided heart.
A PRAYER OF INTERCESSION: Lord, open our eyes to see the beauty of Your Kingdom
and how opposed it is to this world. For so long Your church has been entangled with the
things of this world. We have sought to do things our way, using human wisdom and not
humbly seeking You.
Oh, purify our hearts! Purify Your bride, the church,
that You are preparing for Your coming! We want to be Your aroma in this world. Set apart.
Thank You for the wonderful Holy Spirit You have given to us- that He is drawing us to You.
Let us not grieve Him but keep in step with Him. We take this moment now, Lord, to humbly
bow before You and to receive Your abundant grace for today. Thank you for this amazing
grace.
A MOMENT OF REFLECTION: Holy Spirit, here I am. As I’m learning to become more one
with You, so are my desires becoming like Yours. Show me the places in my heart and soul
that still may be attached to this world. Is it the desire for more material things? Is it the
desire to please man? Is it the desire to self-indulge? Show me something today Lord, that I
may be more undivided towards You.
SCRIPTURE AGAIN:
4 You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an
enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make
yourself an enemy of God. 5 Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They
say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be
faithful to him.6 And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
MEMORY VERSE: And now a verse for us to memorize and meditate on this week…
JAMES 4:7-8
“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you. Come near to God and he will come near to you."
CLOSING PRAYER: Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face and the things of
earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace.