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Draw Near To God And See Revival


“It is good to speak of God today.”

Thank You for coming and worshiping.


James 4:1-10(NKJV) 1Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.


5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? 6But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” 7Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.


Quash the quarrels in your life – 1-3



Conquer carnal desires - 2




Conquer coveting - 2




Conquer coveting - 2

Conquer pride - 2


Leave the lust behind – 1-3



Let go of unneeded desires




Lean heavily and confidently upon the Lord





Learn to be selfless - we ask amiss and miss what He has for us





Learn to be selfless - we ask amiss and miss what He has for us

1 John 3:21-22(KJV) 21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.


Curtail our closeness with the world - 4

4Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.



Worldly influences defeat and hinder us


James 1:17-22(NKJV) 17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. 19So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.




What does God think of what you are doing?




Worldly goals are separating

Ephesians 4:7(KJV) 7But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.





Is achieving your goal ultimately glorifying Christ?





Worldly practices are suspect (if we are honest with ourselves

1 Timothy 4:4-5(KJV) 4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.





Worldly practices are suspect if we are honest to or selves

Can you honestly do this and ask God to bless it in prayer?


Learn lowliness (Humility) – 5-6

5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? 6But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”



Resist envious emotions




Resist a prideful personality

Proverbs 16:18-19(NKJV) 18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. 19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.




Resist a prideful personality

Reach for the offer of God’s grace

1 Peter 5:5-6(NKJV) 5Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” 6Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,


Deliver God dominion in our lives – 7

7Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Colossians 2:13-15(KJV) 13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.



Submit to Him completely – submit to God




Stand against Satan firmly– resist the devil



Revelation 12:10-12(NKJV) 10Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”




Stand against Satan firmly– resist the devil

Secure safety in the Lord – he (devil) will flee from you



Jude 9(NKJV) 9Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”



Revelation 20:10-15(KJV) 10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.



13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.


Draw near to Him – 8-10

8Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.



Purposely seek closeness in salvation and life

Don’t just hope it happens, or wait for it to happen




Purify your live with singularity and shedding of sin

Determine to get rid of sin in your life





Painfully grieve for your sins – 9

Are you truly sorry for your sins





Painfully grieve for your sins – 9

Present yourself before Him in sincere humility

It is not ourselves, our goodness, our sincerity, but upon Him that we

must humbly depend. We are nothing!


What is the greatest advantage of drawing close to Him?



He draws closer to us?



He draws closer to us?

We can get even closer yet?


I need a revival and want a revival.

Help me seek one.Bro. Gary

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