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?
Category: Chastening
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.
Here’s the key to healthy living.
By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature. – 2 Peter 1:4, Amplified… Continue reading Here’s the key to healthy living.
Watch out for the slippery slope to Sodom.
But while he lingered, the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, for the Lord was merciful to him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city and left him there. – Genesis 19:16, Amplified Bible (AMP) I had lunch with a dear friend the other day,… Continue reading Watch out for the slippery slope to Sodom.
Everybody wants to be the head honcho.
And they said, Has the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Has He not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. – Numbers 12:2, Amplified Bible (AMP) When The Lord addresssed His people in Micah Chapter 6, He identifed the three siblings Moses, Aaron, and Miriam as His instruments of deliverance from Egypt.… Continue reading Everybody wants to be the head honcho.
A key ingredient in the recipe of leadership.
Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin–; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. – Exodus 32:32, King James Version (KJV) My wife loves to bake. She doesn’t have much free time these days, but when she does, you can rest assured she’s found a… Continue reading A key ingredient in the recipe of leadership.
Sometimes we make up the most stupid excuses.
I said to them, Those who have any gold, let them take it off. So they gave it to me; then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. – Exodus 32:24, Amplified Bible (AMP) According to a 2009 report by Careerbuilder.com, the following are 10 excuses that real people gave… Continue reading Sometimes we make up the most stupid excuses.
How would you like to stand in the presence of God? Actually, you do – every day.
Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep and guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. – Exodus 23:20, Amplified Bible (AMP) In Exodus 23:20, God made His chosen people three wonderful promises: to guide them in the way they should go, to guard them against their enemies, and… Continue reading How would you like to stand in the presence of God? Actually, you do – every day.
Watch out for that strange fire.
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and offered strange and unholy fire before the Lord, as He had not commanded them. – Leviticus 10:1, Amplified Bible (AMP) In Leviticus 10, God slew Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, for offering… Continue reading Watch out for that strange fire.
We get trapped in Pharaoh’s world all of the time.
Not so! You that are men, [without your families] go and serve the Lord, for that is what you want. And [Moses and Aaron] were driven from Pharaoh’s presence. – Exodus 10:11, Amplified Bible The reason God had to pelt Egypt with gradually increasing plagues was that Pharaoh was stubborn, proud, and set on having… Continue reading We get trapped in Pharaoh’s world all of the time.