(NASB) Psalm 119:145-146, 149-151 145 “I cried with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will observe Your statutes. 146 I cried to You; save me And I shall keep Your testimonies.” 149 “Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness; Revive me, O LORD, according to Your ordinances. 150 Those who follow after wickedness […]
The Holy Bible is succinct (clearly expressed in a few words, concise). It sums up Noah’s life with: (NASB) Genesis 6:9-10 “These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God. 10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.” […]
The word “therefore” is there for a reason, the reason(s) having preceded that word. When you see it in Scripture go back to find out why the “therefore” is there for! (NASB) Ephesians 5:1-2 “THEREFORE BE imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave […]
For negative, destructive thoughts to be done away with, what do followers of Christ need to do? God’s word says: (NASB) Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” Yesterday’s devotional focused on the “Burdens Not Worth Bearing”: bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, slander […]
When people hurt your feelings…when words are barbed arrows which penetrate your mind and heart…how do you react or respond? When hurtful looks, actions and words are hurled at you, what can be planted as the tiniest of seeds? Here is one list from Ephesians 4:31: Bitterness = sourness results Wrath = rage, ire, fury […]
(NASB) Ephesians 4:30 “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” Out of gratefulness to God I am not to grieve God the Holy Spirit. Why? Because He has saved me from my sins through God the Son. He has adopted me as a child […]
What does God’s word say about my words, your words? (NASB) Ephesians 4:29 “Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.” Have you thought of your words as […]
(NASB) Psalm 1:1-2 Your word, O LORD, says that blessed be the person “who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!” Your word states: 2“But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he […]
From what do you and I need to turn? What actions, words and motives does God’s word say we are to change? Stealing is no longer an option for the follower of Christ. Stealing books from a library, stealing merchandise from a store, stealing money from a relative, friend, or stranger is not an option. […]
Of what does God warn you about anger? (NASB) Ephesians 4:26-27 “BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not give the devil an opportunity.” To be angry and yet…not sin, is to exhibit self-control…self-control for the follower of Christ is a godly […]