Today’s Word
A Man in the Middle
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you doubleminded. James 4:8 Doubleminded – Have you ever prayed for something but not received the answer you wanted? Perhaps you received no answer at all. Then some well-meaning person says to you, “You just…
To Will and To Wish
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you. John 15:7 Wish – Jesus’ instruction on prayer is as sharp as a scalpel. “Ask whatever you wish.” It just seems impossible to make such a claim. There are plenty of things I…
Rebellious At Heart
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 1 John 3:4 Lawlessness – Sometimes the writers of the New Testament tell us something that is so hard to hear we would rather slide past the subject. That’s what is happening with this statement from John. We think we know what sin is. …
Acting Out
For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. Romans 6:19 Present – There is no way to get around it. The bodily actions I take, the way that I use my hands, feet,…
Death Threats
And put a knife to your throat if you are a man of great appetite. Proverbs 23:2 Great Appetite – What kind of suggestion is this? It seems outrageous. Here is a man who has been invited to dine with the king. He is in a privileged position. And Solomon tells him to put a…
Divine Due Diligence
So the men of Israel took some of their provisions, and did not ask for the counsel of the LORD. Joshua 9:14 Not Ask – It seemed like an open and shut case. Here comes a group of men ready to make a deal. They look like the right people. They talk like the right…
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