8 But now, O Lord,You are our Father;We are the clay, and You our potter;And all we are the work of Your hand. (Isaiah 64:8 NKJV) We, too often, get this concept reversed. We see us as the potter, forming ourselves into the person or into the life we want. It is only when we realize and become...
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The Tower of Babble
6 And the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. (Genesis 11:6 NKJV) During the time when mankind desired to build a tower to heaven (the tower of Babble) the Lord confused...
Do Not Drown in Destruction
9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. (1 Timothy 6:9 NKJV) I think our scriptures illustration of someone drowning is apt for what happens today, especially to the wealthy. The more we...
The Spirit & The Flesh
38 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation.The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Mark 14:38 NKJV) Indeed there is a constant battle between our spirit and our flesh. We tend to think about the flesh being weak regarding sexual temptation, however, it goes much further than that. God is drawing...
Do Not Be Entangled
1 Stand[a] fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. (Galatians 5:1 NKJV) Of late I have written a lot about the freedom we find in faith in Christ. Our freedom can be a liberating thing that...