Ch. 206 - A Two-Way Street

This week's memory verse:

'Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.'
[James 4:8, NASB]

24. August 2010 Edit:

I personally believe that this is one of those "live-by" verses. Draw near to God. Cleanse... purify... It's good. It's simply good. And I think that by doing these things we will be benefited in a multitude of ways. I think that God desires to bless His children. But if we aren't close with Him, if we aren't striving to be more like His Son, then who are we to assume that He will bestow upon us anything and everything that we desire or even need? It is important that we humble ourselves before our Lord God and ask Him to help us be the people He created us to be. Repent. Confess. Live in and by Him. And He will, indeed, draw near.