God is our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation], a very present and well-proved help in trouble. – Psalm 46:1, Amplified Bible (AMP) Ok, I’ll admit it. I loved watching pro wrestling as a child. I’m not sure what attracted me to it. Maybe it was the conflict inside of the ring. Maybe… Continue reading You can learn a lot from watching pro wrestling.
Category: Righteousness
God will hold you accountable for not caring about the souls of others.
…but his blood will I require at your hand. – Ezekiel 3:18, Amplified Bible (AMP) Let’s be brutally honest: most of us don’t believe Jesus’ words in Matthew 28:16-20 really apply to us. Oh, we give lip service to the importance of the Great Commission, and we give a mental nod to the idea that… Continue reading God will hold you accountable for not caring about the souls of others.
You’re not going to like this, but it is time for God to meddle in your entertainment affairs.
Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. – Psalm 1:1, Amplified Bible (AMP)… Continue reading You’re not going to like this, but it is time for God to meddle in your entertainment affairs.
Here’s the secret to making God’s Word really mean something to you.
For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]… exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12, Amplified Bible (AMP) Is the Word of God alive to you? Does it energize you, speak to you, and motivate you to right action? Or,… Continue reading Here’s the secret to making God’s Word really mean something to you.
God would be more than happy to visit with you, but you’ve got to clean your house first.
For thus says the high and lofty One—He Who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, but with him also who is of a thoroughly penitent and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the thoroughly penitent [bruised with sorrow… Continue reading God would be more than happy to visit with you, but you’ve got to clean your house first.
You can be a complete failure, but God will still consider you a success.
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; – 2 Peter 2:5, KJV God does not categorize us as a success or as a failure based on how many souls we win, how many church members we… Continue reading You can be a complete failure, but God will still consider you a success.
You are never your own master.
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but…Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. – Romans 6:17-18, Amplified Bible (AMP) One of the most common reasons a person gives for rejecting the Gospel goes something like this: “I don’t want to give up my freedom. I… Continue reading You are never your own master.
God will lift you up out of the miry clay.
…And in the dungeon or cistern pit there was no water, but only mire, and Jeremiah sank in the mire. – Jeremiah 38:6, Amplified Bible, AMP We have a bad habit of thinking that if we are obedient to The Lord, life will be easy. Such thinking isn’t rooted in reality, however. Bad things happen to obedient… Continue reading God will lift you up out of the miry clay.
While your enemy is gloating over his defeat of you, remember that God’s plan is to bring you back to a place of peace and rest.
…you will see the king of Babylon eye to eye, and he will speak with you face to face… – Jeremiah 34:3, Amplified Bible (AMP) Like King Zedekiah, we often battle our Enemy in our own strength, and when we do, we lose. On the battlefield, once the dust is settled, we stand face to… Continue reading While your enemy is gloating over his defeat of you, remember that God’s plan is to bring you back to a place of peace and rest.
God will bless you once He’s ripped you away from your home.
One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first ripe… – Jeremiah 24:2, Amplified Bible (AMP) What if the city you lived in was ransacked by invaders? What if your home was burned to the ground and your family and friends were hauled off to an unfamilar land? What if the people… Continue reading God will bless you once He’s ripped you away from your home.