Jul
21
Not Like the Other gods
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SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chronicles 32; James 5Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of those nations ever able to deliver their land from my hand? Who of all the gods of these nations that my fathers destroyed has been [...]
Jul
20
Anger From No Basis
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SCRIPTURE: 2 Chronicles 29-31; James 4What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. When [...]
Jul
19
Guard Over My Mouth
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SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 17; 2 Chronicles 28; Psalm 46; James 3
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow [...]
Jul
17
It All Began with an Innocent Look
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SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 29-31; James 1
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death. ~ James 1:15
OBSERVATION:
James is talking about temptation and how temptation comes not from God, but our desires. God does not tempt us, but it is our sinful nature [...]
Jul
16
Little Green Army Men
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SCRIPTURE: Isaiah25-28; Hebrews 13
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” ~ Hebrews 13:5
OBSERVATION:
God gives us what we need when we need it. It’s not always what we want or when [...]