James 4:2
You crave, and you do not have. You murder and you envy, and you cannot get what you want. You fight and you wage war. You lack, because you do not ask.
Treated in 13 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Mighty Power in Prayer ·
Ask and Have cites James 4:2
…ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it upon your lusts.” James 4:2,3. MAY these striking words be made profitable to us by the teaching of the Holy Spirit.…
- Divine Healing ·
Fervent and Effectual Prayer cites James 4:2
…of the sick, or in conversion, or sanctification. “Ye have not because ye ask not” (James 4:2). Let it also teach us patience. In the cases where healing is delayed, let us remember…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Faith, Prayer, and the Life of Dependence cites James 4:2
…ordains for accomplishing His purposes. James says, “Ye have not, because ye ask not” (James 4:2, ASV). Ezekiel presents God seeking an intercessor. Paul repeatedly asks churches to pray…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix a: Twenty-Five Core Teachings of Watchman Nee cites James 4:2
…Scripture unmistakably treats prayer as consequential. “Ye have not, because ye ask not” (James 4:2, ASV). The mystery should move Christians to pray, not to solve every metaphysical…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites James 4:2
…for controlling outcomes. Scriptures to revisit Matthew 6:25-34; Philippians 4:6-13, 19; James 4:2; Matthew 6:10; 1 John 5:14; 2 Corinthians 12:9. Reflection 1. Where does money govern…
- The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney ·
Prevailing Prayer cites JAMES 4:2
…prayer makes it proper for God to pour out His Spirit. Ye have not, because ye ask not. JAMES 4:2 He insisted that both kinds of means are needed. Some preach and distribute tracts with…
- The Key Teachings of R. A. Torrey ·
How to Pray cites JAMES 4:2
…desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. JAMES 4:2 If Torrey is remembered for one book above the rest, it is How to Pray. It is a short…
- The Ministry of Intercession ·
The Lack of Prayer cites Jas. iv. 2
“Ye have not, because ye ask not.”—Jas. iv. 2. “And He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor.”—Isa.…
- The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray ·
The Sin of Prayerlessness cites JAMES 4:2
…prayer of which Scripture speaks, he knew little. Ye have not, because ye ask not. JAMES 4:2 Murray’s answer to the busy London minister was simple. It was a question of whether…
- The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds ·
Prayerless Praying cites JAMES 4:2–3
…Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. JAMES 4:2–3 One of the most searching chapters Bounds ever wrote has one of the strangest titles…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
The Ministry of Prayer cites JAMES 4:2
…He will do a great many things only when His people ask. Ye have not, because ye ask not. JAMES 4:2 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. ISAIAH…
- Real Questions – Book 3 ·
Why Pray If God Already Knows Everything? cites James 4:2
…in answer to prayer. James says it bluntly: “You do not have, because you do not ask” (James 4:2). And he points to an ordinary man: “Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Means of Grace cites James 4:2
…giveth to all men liberally,” (if they ask; otherwise “ye have not, because ye ask not,” (James 4:2, ) “and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” (James 1:5). If it be objected, “But…