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4. James 4:2 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.

6. James 4:3 And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong— you want only what will give you pleasure. 1 John 5:14 And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. James 4:3 And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong— you want only what will give you pleasure. 1 John 5:14 And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.

8. 1 Peter 5:7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. Hebrews 4:16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. 1 Peter 5:7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. Hebrews 4:16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.