SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO GOD | JAMES 4:1-12 | LEE SYKES

Intro Matthew 4:18-19. Others, like seed sown among thorns … the desires for others things come in and choke the word. Desires choke the word but they also choke ourselves and others. 1. Problem of Desires (v1-3) Anger and Murder – Matthew 5:21-22. Do not Covet – the final commandment – Exodus 20:17. Ask in prayer, according to God’s will – 1 John 5:14-15. 2. Problem of World (v4-5) No one can serve two masters (Matthew 6:24). 3. Pivot Verse (v6) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more (Romans 5:20) 4. Practise Humility (v7-10) Return to me and I will return to you (Malachi 3:8) Blessed are those who mourn (Matthew 5:4) 5. Practise not Slander (v11-12) The Royal Law of Love. May God save us and not destroy us – as we humbly seek His grace to be peacemakers (savers) not fighters (destroyers).