And you and the Levite and the stranger and the sojourner among you shall rejoice in all the good which the Lord your God has given you and your household. – Deuteronomy 26:11, Amplified Bible (AMP) For many, many Christians, God is afterthought. Their prayer life is almost non-existent. They rarely read the Bible. They may or may not… Continue reading Who is God to you? A crutch, or a cornerstone?
Category: Character
BEST OF TQFG: God is not real keen on slackness.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from March 25, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team How long will you be slack to go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you? – Joshua 18:3, Amplified Bible The Bible is saturated with promises made by… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: God is not real keen on slackness.
It’s best not to pass by on the other side of the road.
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho… – Luke 10:30, Amplified Bible (AMP) We can spend a lifetime serving God in a box, and by doing so we will one day find that we barely served Him at all. By serving God “in a box,” I mean that we… Continue reading It’s best not to pass by on the other side of the road.
BEST OF TQFG: Are you happy with the manna God has provided for you?
We hope you enjoy this re-post from August 10, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people… – Numbers 11:33, AMP I was driving home the other day, thinking about my real… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Are you happy with the manna God has provided for you?
Dig those roots deeply.
[Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf… Continue reading Dig those roots deeply.
A danger for us all.
For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and filled themselves and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise and scorn Me and break My covenant. – Deuteronomy 31:20, Amplified… Continue reading A danger for us all.
You’re a Christian, aren’t you?
But the fruit of the Spirit is love… – Galatians 5:22 (KJV) I have a dear friend who said something rather profound recently. During a time in his life when he was not living for The Lord, students and staff at the school he used to work for would occasionally ask him this question, “Are… Continue reading You’re a Christian, aren’t you?
How many licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?
Do not say in your [mind and] heart…It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land—whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is dispossessing them before you…you are a hard and stubborn people. – Deuteronomy 9:4, 6, Amplified Bible (AMP) One… Continue reading How many licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?
Time to kill off those distractions.
You shall not give consent to him or listen to him; nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him. But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people. – Deuteronomy 13:8-9, Amplified Bible… Continue reading Time to kill off those distractions.
Be Sure to Trust the Right Gardener.
But the land which you enter to possess is…a land for which the Lord your God cares… – Deuteronomy 11:11-12, Amplified Bible (AMP) Can we be successful in life due to the works of our own hands? Of course we can. Throughout the ages, both saved and unsaved alike have plowed fields of their own choosing,… Continue reading Be Sure to Trust the Right Gardener.