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.
Category: Guidance
BEST OF TQFG: Try not to hide in the baggage when God calls.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from April 9, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team And the Lord answered, Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage. – 1 Samuel 10:22, Amplified Bible When it came time for him to be declared king in Israel, Saul marked the occasion with a less… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Try not to hide in the baggage when God calls.
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.
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.
It’s time to hire the crocodile hunter!
For which of you, wishing to build a farm building, does not first sit down and calculate the cost [to see] whether he has sufficient means to finish it? – Luke 14:28, Amplified Bible (AMP) Jesus Christ used the illustration of Luke 14:28-30 in the context of counting the cost of becoming His disciple. The… Continue reading It’s time to hire the crocodile hunter!
Promises, promises. Make sure you keep yours!
When the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voice and wept. – Judges 2:4, Amplified Bible (AMP) God never fails to keep His promises, but we often do. When we do, our bad choices can lead to lifetimes of consequences. In the latter part of… Continue reading Promises, promises. Make sure you keep yours!
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.
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.
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.