For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. – Jeremiah 29:11, KJV A few short days ago, tragedy struck a family in the county where I live. A fire consumed their house, their possessions, and two precious… Continue reading Decide now on how you’ll face tragedy. It’s too late to wait until it strikes.
Category: Temptation
If you want to keep what you love, take a glimpse into the future.
Behold, You have driven me out this day from the face of the land, and from Your face I will be hidden… – Genesis 4:14, Amplified Bible (AMP) Imagine that there is something you want to do really, really badly. You want to do it so badly, you are sick with anticipation and with longing.… Continue reading If you want to keep what you love, take a glimpse into the future.
The mind is a very dangerous place; don’t go in there without God.
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. – 2 Corinthians 10:5, KJV In yesterday’s post, I discussed an anecdote that a good friend of mine relayed to our Sunday School class during our annual Christmas party.… Continue reading The mind is a very dangerous place; don’t go in there without God.
Don’t twist God’s words to ease your conscience. It won’t get you anywhere.
Her prophets are light [lacking truth, gravity, and steadiness] and men of treachery; her priests have profaned the sanctuary; [defrauding God and man by pretending their own word is God’s word] they have done violence to the law. – Zephaniah 3:4, Amplified Bible (AMP) As we start out the New Year, we ought to make… Continue reading Don’t twist God’s words to ease your conscience. It won’t get you anywhere.
Spiritual prosperity is everything it is cracked up to be.
May grace (God’s favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. – 2 Peter 1:2, Amplified Bible, (AMP) One of the components of having “peace,”… Continue reading Spiritual prosperity is everything it is cracked up to be.
You can learn a lot from watching pro wrestling.
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.
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.
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.
Come, let us reason together.
Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord… – Isaiah 1:18, Amplified Bible (AMP) Imagine that you are Adam (or Eve) before The Fall. It’s a beautiful afternoon in April. The garden is blooming, the sun has assumed the rich orange of sunset, the air is perfectly cool, and peace saturates everything. After… Continue reading Come, let us reason together.
It makes sense to obey a guy who’s been dead for over 200 years.
…Jonadab son of Rechab shall never fail [to have] a man [descendant] to stand before Me. – Jeremiah 35:19, Amplified Bible (AMP) You’ve been given a path in life to walk, and you know that the path is of God’s choosing. You are certain of the call. You follow it. But then something unsettling happens.… Continue reading It makes sense to obey a guy who’s been dead for over 200 years.