You
Adulterous people,
Don't
you know that Friendship with the World
IS
HATRED TOWARD GOD?
Anyone
who chooses to be a Friend of the World
BECOMES
THE ENEMY OF GOD.
Or do
you think Scripture says without reason
That
the Spirit He caused to live in us
TENDS
TOWARD ENVY,
But He
gives us more Grace?
That
is why Scripture says:
'God
Opposes the Proud
But
gives Grace to the Humble.'
Submit
yourselves, then, to God,
RESIST
THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU.
Come
near to God and He will come near to you.
Wash
your hands you Sinners,
And
Purify your hearts, you Double-minded.
Grieve,
Mourn and Wail.
Change
your Laughter to Mourning
And
your Joy to Gloom.
Humble
yourselves before the Lord,
And he
will lift you up.
(James
4:4-10)
How
do we Resist the Devil?
We
Humble ourselves before the Lord;
We say
to the Lord,
You
are my Way, my Truth and my Life;
The
only Way, the only Truth and the only Life
In all
that exists.
You
are Love, and Your Love is Essential to me,
And
You can only give Your Love to those who Love You;
Those
who are Born Again, Born of Your Spirit;
Those
who walk in the Light of Your Word.
Then
You can Lift me Up;
Into
Your Secret Place,
Where
this World and its Worldly Enticements
Have
No Hold of me.
When
Worldly Enticements have no Hold on me,
The
Devil is Resisted and Flees.
I
have been Crucified with Christ and I no longer live
But it
is Christ Who lives in me
And
this life that I now live I live by Faith in the Son of God
And
His Power at work in me (Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:29))
I Set
my heart on things Above (Colossians 3:1-4)
My
life is Hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3)
I
cloth myself with the Garments of Christ (Romans 13:14)
And
let His Word dwell richly in me (Colossians 3:16)
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