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.
Category: Obedience
Patiently serve while you are waiting for the “whys.”
…and cast their crowns before the throne… – Revelation 4:10, KJV A seventeen year old young man, whom I will call Dale, was fighting AIDS. In the hospital, undergoing treatment to prolong his life, there were no doubt times when this born-again believer wondered, “Why?” Why would God allow him, a faithful servant, to contract… Continue reading Patiently serve while you are waiting for the “whys.”
Don’t stick your fingers in a light socket.
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. – 1 Timothy 2:14, KJV I heard a story recently of a young woman who had given herself to the homosexual lifestyle. Raised in a Christian home, she struggled with the decision for a time, but she eventually justified her choice… Continue reading Don’t stick your fingers in a light socket.
BEST OF TQFG: Let God be your light at the end of the tunnel.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from April 26, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team For You, O Lord, are my Lamp; the Lord lightens my darkness. – 2 Samuel 22:29 Not long ago I, my wife, and my children visited a mountain cavern tourist attraction in Western, NC. During a tour… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Let God be your light at the end of the tunnel.
Don’t underestimate the value of $66.
And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19, Amplified Bible (AMP) What can $66 buy you? Depending on where you dine, it can buy you one to two meals at a restaurant for a family of five. It can… Continue reading Don’t underestimate the value of $66.
What happens when you don’t get your cookies?
Let them give glory unto the Lord… – Isaiah 42:12, KJV We often make things more complicated than they really are. Take, for example, the idea of glorifying God. If you were to ask the average Christian what it means to glorify God, the average Christian would either: a) give you the proverbial “deer-in-the-headlights look,”… Continue reading What happens when you don’t get your cookies?
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
But when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, they worked cunningly… – Joshua 9:3-4, Amplified Bible (AMP) One day when my elder daughter was just a toddler, I left the house to run some errands while my wife and daughter stayed home. Not long after I returned, it… Continue reading What we have here is a failure to communicate.
The reason we have been left behind after being born again is…
If anyone sins in that he is sworn to testify and has knowledge of the matter, either by seeing or hearing of it, but fails to report it, then he shall bear his iniquity and willfulness. – Leviticus 5:1, Amplified Bible (AMP) There is a hard lesson for Christians in Leviticus 5:1. According to this… Continue reading The reason we have been left behind after being born again is…
To build, to preach, to clean toilets, or to what? What was I made to do?
And the Lord said to Moses, See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and ability, in understanding and intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship… – Exodus 31:1-3, Amplified Bible (AMP)… Continue reading To build, to preach, to clean toilets, or to what? What was I made to do?
To stay or not to stay? That is the question.
And Moses said [to the Levites, By your obedience to God’s command] you have consecrated yourselves today [as priests] to the Lord, each man [at the cost of being] against his own son and his own brother, that the Lord may restore and bestow His blessing upon you this day. – Exodus 32:29, Amplified Bible (AMP) Amy Carmichael spent… Continue reading To stay or not to stay? That is the question.