And when she pressed him day after day with her words and urged him, he was vexed to death. – Judges 16:16, Amplified Bible Every time I read it, I have the same thought: what in the world was Samson thinking?! Judges 16 tells the tragic story of Samson and Delilah. At first, the tragedy… Continue reading Don’t flirt with sin because it will eventually consume you.
Category: Righteousness
Be sure to remember today what God did for you – and why He did it.
But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. – Luke 5:8, Amplified Bible When God revealed Himself to Peter through the miracle of the multitude of fish (Luke 5:1-8), Peter’s reaction was to fall down under the weight of… Continue reading Be sure to remember today what God did for you – and why He did it.
Let God clothe you with Himself.
But the Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon with Himself and took possession of him… – Judges 6:34, Amplified Bible After Judges 6:34, Gideon was a man of bravery and bold action. Prior to Judges 6:34, he was a man of fear. What transformed Gideon into a mighty man of valor? The Holy Spirit of… Continue reading Let God clothe you with Himself.
Give up that thing which God hates.
.…Achan…took some of the things devoted [for destruction]. And the anger of the Lord burned against Israel. – Joshua 7:1, Amplified Bible We all have something we love that God does not. At some point God will put His finger on that love and tell us to destroy it. When He does, what will we… Continue reading Give up that thing which God hates.
God gave you the work. Rejoice in it!
… there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness… – Deuteronomy 33:19, KJV To offer sacrifices of righteousness to God means to perform good works pleasing to God. The phrase “sacrifices of righteousness” occurs only three times in the King James Version of the Bible, and one of those instances occurs in Deuteronomy 33:19. In Deuteronomy… Continue reading God gave you the work. Rejoice in it!
Be sure to remember that it was God who made your country great.
…beware lest thou forget The Lord… lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. – Deut. 6:12a, 15b, KJV The United States of America has a Godly heritage, but the average American has no idea that this is so. More and… Continue reading Be sure to remember that it was God who made your country great.
Don’t be like Balaam and Lot.
Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. – Numbers 31:8, KJV Don’t think it can’t happen to you. In Numbers 22, Balak, king of Moab, made his first attempt to hire the prophet Balaam to curse the children of Israel. God communed with Balaam and told him specifically to reject the… Continue reading Don’t be like Balaam and Lot.
If you are fooled, it’s your fault.
…for the people could not have been deceived except by their own consent. – Jeremiah 14:16, Amplified Bible Nobody likes bad news. In the book of Jeremiah, there was a lot of bad news thrown at the nation of Israel, and Jeremiah had the terrible privilege of doing the throwing. In chapter 14, Jeremiah not… Continue reading If you are fooled, it’s your fault.
GIGO: Applies to computers; applies to you.
I will set no base or wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of them who turn aside [from the right path]; it shall not grasp hold of me. A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil person or thing. – Psalm 101:3-4, Amplified Bible I learned a phrase… Continue reading GIGO: Applies to computers; applies to you.
God died because of you. But you are worth it!
The man shall kill the young bull before The Lord… – Leviticus 1:5, Amplified Bible Sometimes it’s hard to grasp the gravity of our sin because we don’t have to stare the consequences of our sin in the face. In order to make atonement for sin, an Old Testament believer had to bring an animal,… Continue reading God died because of you. But you are worth it!