Prayer Perspective

James 4:1-5

James begins by saying that wars and fights come because you want things that you cannot have. Your desires for pleasure are messing you up!

1 John 3:15 says that if you hate someone, you are the same as a murderer. Perhaps this is what James is referring to when he mentions that we are murderers.

James points out two dilemmas:
1) Either you don't ask for what you should ask for, or
2) You ask for things that you should not ask for.

God answers prayer in His will. Be open to listening to God. Ask Him to help you to know better how to pray. He wants to help you all through the day with every circumstance that arises. Just ask at the moment when you need help!!

James concludes these verses by saying that we should not abandon God and become a friend to the world and the flesh. God wants ALL of us, not part of us. The Holy Spirit is jealous for us.