A Fool and His Beatings
“When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord” Proverbs 19: 3. “Condemnation is ready for scoffers and beating for the backs of fools” Proverbs 19: 29. According to verse 29, our foolishness...
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Resist Temptation and Turn a Snare into Freedom
“They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the...
Temptation to Sin: Friend or Foe?
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong” 2 Corinthians 12: 10. I’m Only Tempted to Sin Where I’m...
Wilderness Experience or Pit: Choose Your Path to Freedom
“So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only...
Barrenness and Fruitfulness: The Link
“‘Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of...
To Trust and Obey Feels Like a Threat to Your Well-being
“And Elijah said to her, ‘Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for...
Afflictions and Usefulness: The Link
“. . . but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused” Exodus 23: 11. This passage of scripture is talking about the sabbath laws of ancient Israel. But I want...
All Things Work Together for Good but How?
“Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love...
The Destruction of the Flesh: Satan’s Gift to the Church
“. . . you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord” 1 Corinthians 5: 5. This is such...
Faith Comes by Hearing: The Power of the Tongue
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits” Proverbs 18: 21. One reason the tongue has the power of life and death is...