And when she pressed him day after day with her words and urged him, he was vexed to death. – Judges 16:16, Amplified Bible Every time I read it, I have the same thought: what in the world was Samson thinking?! Judges 16 tells the tragic story of Samson and Delilah. At first, the tragedy… Continue reading Don’t flirt with sin because it will eventually consume you.
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Don’t take matters into your own hands. Wait for God’s timing.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. – Genesis 12:2, KJV In Genesis 12:2-4, God promised Abraham to make a nation of him. Eleven years later and tired of waiting on God, Sarah, unable to bear children,… Continue reading Don’t take matters into your own hands. Wait for God’s timing.
Did you wake up grumpy this morning?
Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining [against God] and questioning and doubting [among yourselves], That you may show yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish (faultless, unrebukable) in the midst of a crooked and wicked generation [spiritually perverted and perverse], among whom you are seen… Continue reading Did you wake up grumpy this morning?
(Ant University: Part 4) If you go it alone, don’t expect to get very far.
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. Numbers 11:14, KJV According to Wikipedia, “Complex nests are built by many ants…Weaver ant (Oecophylla spp.) workers build nests in trees by attaching leaves together, first pulling them together with bridges of workers and then inducing their larvae… Continue reading (Ant University: Part 4) If you go it alone, don’t expect to get very far.
Live excellently, one day at a time.
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little… Continue reading Live excellently, one day at a time.
Looking for the secret to success? Look no further than God.
But the Lord was with Joseph and he (though a slave) was a successful and prosperous man…And his master saw that the Lord…made all that he did to flourish and succeed… Genesis 39: 2-3, Amplified Bible To be prosperous means to be profitable, and to be profitable means to generate more resources than you consume.… Continue reading Looking for the secret to success? Look no further than God.
Before the river can flow you have to break the dam.
He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water. John 7:38, Amplified Bible When a river is dammed, it is restricted from reaching its full potential. The flow of water is… Continue reading Before the river can flow you have to break the dam.
You’re way ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. – Jeremiah 42:19, KJV In Jeremiah 42, a remnant in Judah, left in the land after Nebuchadnezzar took most of Judah captive to Babylon, inquired of God through Jeremiah the… Continue reading You’re way ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.