I will praise and give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct]. – Psalm 119:7, Amplified Bible (AMP) For thousands of years, young people all over the world have awakened one day to discover… Continue reading Our parents were smarter than we once thought.
Category: Chastening
Do you remain under stress?
32 In spite of all this, they sinned still more, for they believed not in (relied not on and adhered not to Him for) His wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days He consumed like a breath [in emptiness, falsity, and futility] and their years in terror and sudden haste. – Psalm 78:32-33, Amplified Bible (AMP)… Continue reading Do you remain under stress?
Are you willing to fight for Christ in the public square?
Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish; but he who keeps the law [of God, which includes that of man]—blessed (happy, fortunate, and enviable) is he. – Proverbs 29:18, Amplified Bible (AMP) According to The Associated Press: Steve Green’s faith led him to the U.S. Supreme Court, where he’s… Continue reading Are you willing to fight for Christ in the public square?
This is one way you DON’T want God’s hand upon you.
When I kept silence [before I confessed], my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long. For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! – Psalm 32:3-4, Amplified Bible (AMP) There have been many… Continue reading This is one way you DON’T want God’s hand upon you.
Idleness is the Devil’s workshop.
One evening David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, when from there he saw a woman bathing; and she was very lovely to behold. – 2 Samuel 11:2, Amplified Bible (AMP) I hate having to read 2 Samuel Chapter 11. David’s adulterous and murderous choices had horrible… Continue reading Idleness is the Devil’s workshop.
Don’t be a spiritual litter bug.
16 But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant or pledge on your lips, 17 Seeing that you hate instruction and correction and cast My words behind you [discarding them]? – Psalm 50:16-17, Amplified Bible (AMP) I don’t like “litterbugs.” I hate it when people throw trash out of their cars,… Continue reading Don’t be a spiritual litter bug.
Lessons from a boy-child evangelist.
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 1 Samuel 15:22, KJV A young, mischievous boy committed a naughty, household crime. His mother, catching him in… Continue reading Lessons from a boy-child evangelist.
Fill your heart with the right things, and you’ll get the right results.
So Saul died for his trespass against the Lord… – 1 Chronicles 10:13, Amplified Bible (AMP) In our house we have three fundamental rules: Tell the truth (don’t lie) Obey immediately and with the right heart-attitude (don’t disobey) Respect Mom and Dad (don’t disrespect) Over the years our children have committed trespasses of all different… Continue reading Fill your heart with the right things, and you’ll get the right results.
That tragedy could be your diamond in the rough.
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. – Matthew 12:40, King James Version (KJV) Imagine that you are 36 years old. One day you’re healthy, working hard, and playing hard. The… Continue reading That tragedy could be your diamond in the rough.
Beware of giving the wrong gift!
When one told me, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking he was bringing good news, I seized and slew him in Ziklag who expected me to give him a reward for his news. How much more—when wicked men have slain a just man in his own house on his bed—shall I not now require his blood… Continue reading Beware of giving the wrong gift!