As wives, we often hear how we should support our husbands and submit to his leadership. To that, I would agree completely. We are told that our submission and support are commands given to us by God, and in honoring our husbands, we also honor God. Again, I would agree. Today, I want to take… Continue reading What if Their Wives Had Said No?
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In All Thy Ways
Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Let’s start with a few definitions. Trust: to be confident or sure All: every one, the whole number of particulars Heart: the seat of affections… Continue reading In All Thy Ways
A Past-Tense Testimony
Today I read Jeremiah 1-3 for my devotions. As you read through the Old Testament, you’ll see Israel’s history. They spent their lives walking with God and turning to idols, God corrected them, they’d come back to Him for a bit, and then back to their idols, and the cycle continued. They didn’t seem to… Continue reading A Past-Tense Testimony
What Are You Taking Into 2025?
What are you taking into 2025? Unforgiveness? Envy? Bitterness? Anger? God says we are to lay those aside. “Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,” (1 Peter 2:1.) “But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth”… Continue reading What Are You Taking Into 2025?
The Sin of Rebellion
We tend to see rebellion only in children. As adults, we easily minimize rebellion to “mistakes.” However, God has a lot to say about rebellion. We must take this seriously. It is a sin and it will hinder our prayers. I want to start by saying that isolated mistakes and sins are not the same… Continue reading The Sin of Rebellion
As Unto the Lord
When you hear, “as unto the Lord,” what do you think of? This is one of those phrases we don’t have to look deeply into Greek or Hebrew to discover a theological, earth-shattering meaning. It simply means to do things as if you’re doing them for God. Because, in reality, we are. Everything is part… Continue reading As Unto the Lord
Freedom in the Fire
“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not,… Continue reading Freedom in the Fire
Lukewarm Christianity
“I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:15-16 Lukewarm Christianity. What does that really mean/look like? I don’t know about you, but the very… Continue reading Lukewarm Christianity
God’s Call On Our Lives
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9.) “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto… Continue reading God’s Call On Our Lives
Hid In Christ
I recently read, “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:1-3.) I looked up… Continue reading Hid In Christ