let’s review…

we are about done here on the front porch with this subject of fighting and arguments but first let’s review.

james 4.10 (niv), humble yourself before the LORD and HE will lift you up.

GOD doesn’t want to keep you down on the ground.  the way to honor is humility.  if you want to be honored by your husband/wife/the LORD, it means humility.  coming and saying, “GOD i give up.  i can’t do it on my own.  i need your power to resist the devil when he says, ‘live for yourself.’”  i grow closer to GOD and spend time with HIM and i’m willing to ask forgiveness.

which of these desires causes the most conflict in your life?  maybe it’s the desire to have and you’re so busy out there making a living that you forget to make a life.  hustling, day in and day out, to make a buck but your relationships are falling apart. 

maybe it’s a desire to feel good.  “i have my rights.”  that’s something the devil likes to say an awful lot but that’s the exact opposite the scripture is saying, think about other people, not just yourself.  what are their needs?  but i’d really rather think about what i need right now than what my family needs

how about the desire to be?  do you find it difficult to admit it when you're wrong?  that’s going to cause conflict.  do you find your schedule pushing out time for the LORD?  then re-evaluate your schedule.  make time for the things that are important.

in the first three verses of this chapter, four times it says you’re unsatisfied –“you want but you don’t get”, “you strive for but you can’t have”.  you’re unsatisfied.  many people in life are unsatisfied with the way they are living.  the secret of satisfaction is in JESUS CHRIST.  give yourself to HIM and find your needs met in HIM rather than other people.  HE will never let you down.

just a thought from the front porch…,