The Prayer The Devil Doesn't Want You To Say
We all face battles. Sometimes the conflict is visible—a quarrel in the home, tension in the church, or the constant pressure of cultural compromise. But the Apostle James , in his practical letter, cuts right through the surface noise and asks us a piercing question: Where do these conflicts truly come from?. We tend to point fingers at the world, our circumstances, or the people who frustrate our plans. But James gives us a spiritual diagnosis, declaring that the fights come from our own selfish desires ( hēdonōn ) warring within us. He delivers a profound indictment, calling his readers "adulterous people". Spiritual adultery, James explains, is the pursuit of "friendship with the world," which is the system whose values and goals are in active enmity with God.When we cling to the world—its ambitions, its status, its fleeting pleasures—we are, in effect, betraying Christ, our rightful Husband. The ultimate root of this spiritual betrayal is pride—the arrogant bel...