Thursday, September 26th | James 4:7-12

Passage:
7 Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be miserable and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

11 Don’t criticize one another, brothers and sisters. Anyone who defames or judges a fellow believer defames and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

-- James 4:7-12 (CSB)

Song:
Clean by Hannah Hobbs, Michael Fatkin, Taya Gaukrodger

Lyrics:
Precious blood has left me forgiven

Pure like the whitest of snow
Powerful to make sin and shame retreat
This covenant is making me whole

So I will rise and lift my head
For by His mercy my life was spared

The highest Name has set me free
Because of Jesus, my heart is clean

Purify my heart in Your presence
Teach me to discover the joy
Of holiness that forms as You draw me close

In You what was lost is restored

Because of Jesus, my heart is clean

Prayer:
O merciful Lord, grant to your faithful people pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.