Make Me A Useful Vessel With This Daily Manna

TUESDAY, 20 JUNE 2023

TEXT: James 4:1-10

1. Where do you think all these appalling wars and quarrels come from? Do you think they just happen? Think again. They come about because you want your own way, and fight for it deep inside yourselves.

2. You lust for what you don’t have and are willing to kill to get it. You want what isn’t yours and will risk violence to get your hands on it.

3. And why not? Because you know you’d be asking for what you have no right to. You’re spoiled children, each wanting your own way.

4. You’re cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way.

5. And do you suppose God doesn’t care? The proverb has it that “he’s a fiercely jealous lover.”

6. And what he gives in love is far better than anything else you’ll find. It’s common knowledge that “God goes against the willful proud; God gives grace to the willing humble.”

7. So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper.

8. Say a quiet yes to God and he’ll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field.

9. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious.

10. Get down on your knees before the Master; it’s the only way you’ll get on your feet.

(The Message Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: QUARRELING AND FIGHTING AMONG BRETHREN

When people are religious but not rooted in the Word of God, they get involved in activities that glorify Satan.

Such people have little or no time to read their Bibles and pray because they are not only lazy to do that but are more interested in looking for shortcuts. And when their aim is not achieved this way, they resort to envy and jealousy which lead them to quarreling and fighting.

In order for your request to be met, your prayer must be devoid of wrong motives and selfish tendencies.

Stop quarreling and fighting because of what you do not have pray earnestly to God and He will answer your prayers.

QUESTION: What are you doing to avoid quarreling and fighting because of what you do not have?

PRAYER: Help me, dear Father, to live in peace with my brethren, irrespective of what they possess. Amen.