Psalms 103:15-16 / James 4:1-17

This week’s reading, James 4, is pretty heavy. Like any good teacher or coach, James can be a taskmaster! And in James 4 we see him leveling with the worship community about the need to get their hearts right before God and with each other.

Do you agree with James that conflicts have their source in the way “You want something and do not have it” and “covet something and cannot obtain it” (James 4:2)?

What do you think James means when he writes, “Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God” (James 4:4)?

James gets philosophical in James 4:13-17. What do you think about his proposed shift in thinking, from, “I will,” to, “If the Lord wills it”?