The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life. – Psalm 121:7, Amplified Bible (AMP) Even the best of us succumb to unholy anger from time to time. In 1 Samuel 25, David sought help from a man named Nabal. Not long before seeking Nabal’s aid, David had treated several of… Continue reading May The Lord greet you with five sheep, 100 clusters of raisins, and 200 cakes of figs.
Category: Decisions
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!
If you aim at nothing, you’ll be sure to hit it every time.
Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil. – Ephesians 5:16, Amplified Bible (AMP) If you were to create a company, club, or organization of some kind, you’d undoubtedly craft one or more written documents to govern the organization. Not only is it required if you are… Continue reading If you aim at nothing, you’ll be sure to hit it every time.
You might get what you want when you nag, but you may end up wishing you hadn’t.
7 And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken to the voice of the people in all they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not be King over them. 18 In that day you will cry out because of your king you have chosen for yourselves, but… Continue reading You might get what you want when you nag, but you may end up wishing you hadn’t.
Which dog will you feed?
And turn not aside after vain and worthless things which cannot profit or deliver you, for they are empty and futile. – 1 Samuel 12:21, Amplified Bible (AMP) God’s warning (through Samuel) to run away from worthless things is just as appropriate for twenty-first century Christians as it was for the Israelites of 1095 B.C.… Continue reading Which dog will you feed?
Punishment is one of the greatest forms of love.
And I [now] announce to him that I will judge and punish his house forever for the iniquity of which he knew, for his sons were bringing a curse upon themselves [blaspheming God], and he did not restrain them. – 1 Samuel 3:13, Amplified Bible (AMP) Most people have a natural desire to be liked… Continue reading Punishment is one of the greatest forms of love.
For those days when you feel like an outcast…
And now, my daughter, fear not. I will do for you all you require, for all my people in the city know that you are a woman of strength (worth, bravery, capability). – Ruth 3:11, Amplified Bible (AMP) There are times in life when you will be an outcast. The reason for your being on… Continue reading For those days when you feel like an outcast…
Being holy is constant work.
[For it is He] Who delivered and saved us and called us with a calling in itself holy and leading to holiness [to a life of consecration, a vocation of holiness]… – 2 Timothy 1:9, Amplified Bible (AMP) Too many Christians foolishly think that their lives are to be lived in “compartments.” For example, they… Continue reading Being holy is constant work.
BEST OF TQFG: Live excellently, one day at a time.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from December 28, 2012. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team 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… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Live excellently, one day at a time.
Be cautious about those new ideas.
And Gideon made an ephod [a sacred, high priest’s garment] of it, and put it in his city of Ophrah, and all Israel paid homage to it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family. – Judges 8:27, Amplified Bible (AMP) The law of unintended consequences teaches that, no matter how… Continue reading Be cautious about those new ideas.