We hope you enjoy this re-post from December 22, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team …He was wounded for our transgressions… – Isaiah 53:5, Amplified Bible (AMP) What do we do when someone lies to us, cheats us, or wrongs us in some way? Our natural tendency is to fight back, to defend… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Don’t kill a relationship on a whim.
Category: Persecution
Will you be highly or lightly esteemed?
Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. – 1 Samuel… Continue reading Will you be highly or lightly esteemed?
Have you been to spiritual boot camp?
Take [with me] your share of the hardships and suffering [which you are called to endure] as a good (first-class) soldier of Christ Jesus. – 2 Timothy 2:3, Amplified Bible (AMP) I have never served in the military, but I have a high regard for those who have. In talking with many friends and family… Continue reading Have you been to spiritual boot camp?
The New Tolerance
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. – 1 Peter 3:17, KJV According to ChristianAnswers.net: Not long ago, the word ‘tolerance’ meant ‘bearing or putting up with someone or something not especially liked’. However, now the word has been redefined to… Continue reading The New Tolerance
Lessons from the Honey Badger: Part 2
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. – Galatians 6:9, KJV As mentioned in Lessons from the Honey Badger: Part 1, honey badgers have a reputation for being fearless. They also are remarkably, insanely, and stubbornly persistent. Take Stauffel, for instance. Stauffel… Continue reading Lessons from the Honey Badger: Part 2
The Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego moment.
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast… Continue reading The Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego moment.
To suffer is Christ.
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; – Philippians 3:10-14, King James Version (KJV) As you live this life, you will be faced with three basic circumstances: 1. Life is good 2. Life isn’t good 3. Death All of… Continue reading To suffer is Christ.
The devil will use any excuse to attack.
Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. – 1 Peter 5:8, Amplified Bible (AMP) The devil will use any excuse to attack God’s children, and current events bear… Continue reading The devil will use any excuse to attack.
BEST OF TQFG: Oh, the pain you could avoid if you’d just do things God’s way!
We hope you enjoy this re-post from December 29, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in double fetters [hands and feet] and carried him to Babylon. – 2 Kings 25:7, Amplified Bible (AMP)… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Oh, the pain you could avoid if you’d just do things God’s way!
Watch out where you drop your helmet.
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write… – Revelation 3:1, KJV According to Meander Travel: The fifth letter of St. John to the seven churches was to the ancient and historic city of Sardis… The acropolis [the upper fortified part of an ancient city] was built about 1500 feet above the plain… Continue reading Watch out where you drop your helmet.