Week #33 - 2-Minute Devotional w/ Ann Calvillo

Join Ann Calvillo for a powerful two-minute devotional as she delves into the Book of James, specifically focusing on James chapter 4. Ann discusses the internal battles we face and the importance of humbling ourselves, submitting to God, and resisting the devil. Through this teaching, learn how grace empowers us to live according to God's will and how to overcome the desires that wage war within us. This episode is a compelling reminder to let the life of Christ flow through us by yielding to the Holy Spirit.

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Hey everyone, my name is Ann Calvillo and I'm doing the wrong, the strong two minute devotional. I just wanted to give a brief devotion on the book of James. Just to give a little bit of context, James is writing to the, Christian Jewish believers and, he's. Basically giving them wisdom for living, right? So I love the way this book is just set out. It's all about faith in action. And so I do wanna talk about, just dive into James four and James four. One talks about, james addressing the church. He's saying to them, he's Hey, what's causing these quarrels and these fights among you, my brethren? He says here, don't they come from the evil desires at war within you? How many of you know that there is a war within, right? We're not talking about the spiritual warfare that we face. That's discussed in Ephesians six. We're talking about the war within ourselves, and here we're gonna learn a little bit more. So it says here, you want what you don't have, so you scheme. And kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can't get it. So you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all wrong. You only want what will give you pleasure. And so then later on, james goes on to say in James four seven, he says, humble yourselves. In other versions, in other translations, it says, submit to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you. And so here we are. We are listening to James tell the church that they need to submit to God. See, we need to learn how to humble ourselves, right? Because the word of God also tells us in James that God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble and grace. Grace isn't just a free pass. No, grace is not passive. Grace is powerful. Grace teaches us to say no to ungodliness and so Grace allows us and enables us, and empowers us to live the life. According to God's will. According to God's ways. And so when we submit to God there's two things happening, right? There's this paradox where we are dying to self, yet we are living in Christ. Dying to self living in Christ and the life of Christ is just flowing through us right through His Holy Spirit. His Holy Spirit is sanctifying us through and through until the day we go and be with our Lord. And that's where we have to yield to the work of the Holy Spirit and not give into these desires that war within us, that desire to have us. Just like we read about that in Genesis with Cain when sin was crouching at his door and he was just desiring to have him, right? But we now have the holy. Spirit that is able to give us self-control when temptation comes. And so here James is saying, submit to God, humble yourselves, resist the devil there's a fight going on when we resist, right? There's a struggle going on. There is a combat happening. When we resist the devil. And so in that. We resist the devil and he will flee. He's gotta flee our families. He's gotta flee our marriages, he's gotta flee our schools. So I just wanna share that with you. My name is Ann Calvillo and I am wrong to strong. Okay.