I have heard the statement over the years, “If you complain, you remain.” Based upon scripture, complainers will go down a slippery slope of no return. Guard your heart above all else (Proverbs 4:23), what comes out of the mouth is a reflection of the heart (Mathew 15:18) Paul tells...
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Can we offend God? We sure can. So what offends God? Jesus declared to Peter, “…Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” Mathew 16:23 Jesus was not calling Peter Satan. He expressed...
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I was hiking today and thinking about what God wanted me to bring forward for a devotion. I heard the word elasticity. I thought this was strange. What is God trying to tell me? Elasticity is the ability of a deformed body to return to its original shape when the...
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Faithfulness We often speak of faithfulness regarding how God is faithful. How about how we are loyal or faithful to God? In the book of Numbers, we see that all sin is unfaithfulness. “‘When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against the Lord, and...
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Is sin really sinful to you? How you answer will show you the state of your heart. Think about the words you have spoken this week, the thoughts that have crossed your mind or your actions. Are you remorseful? Have you asked the Lord to forgive you? “And they did not repent of their murders...
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Pornography, incest, adultery, addictions and lying are so-called secret sins. However, the Lord sees and knows all; it cannot be covered up. “Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the Lord; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.” Jeremiah 23:24...
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The miles piled up. My running became the single focus of my life. It was all centered around a plan, a plan to run a marathon. It started off with a simple goal and became an unrelenting compulsion. The more miles I ran, the more miles I needed to run....
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Paul states, “Do you not know” in many of his letters to the saints. The Holy Spirit is speaking to Christians today. “Do you not know that the unrighteous (sinful) will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators (people living together), nor idolaters (worshipping anything...
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This morning, I went downstairs to put wood in my wood burning stove and found my front door open. It had been open all night long. My first thought was, is there someone in my house? I closed the door and asked the Lord to show me if there was...
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I heard an interesting story yesterday. A woman asked a question on social media of why her snake, when it laid down beside her, would stretch out. The answer was that the snake was sizing her up to see when he could eat her. The devil does the same thing;...
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