Presumption

Scripture Go ahead and make all the plans you want, but it’s the Lord who will ultimately direct your steps. ~Proverbs 16:1, TPT Quote No one can fulfill their plans without God’s help. ~Chuck Swindoll It is not a sin to plan or to think ahead, the sin is to presume that we can accomplish our…

Pride And Perversity

Scripture Wisdom pours into you when you begin to hate every form of evil in your life, for that’s what worship and fearing God is all about. Then you will discover that your pompous pride and perverse speech are the very ways of wickedness that I hate!” ~Proverbs 8:13, TPT Quote The chief characteristic of counterfeit holiness is pride or…

Joy

Scripture I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete. ~John 15:11, NET Quote “The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.” ~Samuel Shoemaker I read six or seven devotionals each day and when a subject comes up…

Temptation

Scripture Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. ~Proverbs 4:14-15, ESV Quote Scripture is the best antidote to lustful temptation. ~Chuck Swindoll The Bible is a law book; it gives us a guide…

The Work Of The Holy Spirit

Scripture “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness about Me. ~John 15:26, ESV Quote It is an extraordinary thing that those who profess to care so much about Christ should know and care so little…

Ignorance Is Not Always Bliss

Scripture I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you. ~Psalm 73:22, NLT Quote The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance. ~Albert Einstein The 18th century poet Thomas Gray is credited with the statement,“Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.” Thomas Jefferson altered it a…

Remember And Forget

Scripture Afterwards, I will give them this covenant: I will embed my laws into their hearts and fasten my Word to their thoughts…I will not ever again remember their sins and lawless deeds!” So if our sins have been forgiven and forgotten, why would we ever need to offer another sacrifice for sin? ~Hebrews 10:16-18, TPT…

The Wrath Of God

Scripture  He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” ~John 3:36, NASB Quote “I do not want to believe [in hell], but I dare not disbelieve it.” ~J.I. Packer I’m about half-way through J.I.…

Implicated In Murder

Scripture ‘When Pilate realized that a riot was about to break out and that it was useless to try to reason with the crowd, he sent for a basin of water. After washing his hands in front of the people, he said, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. The responsibility for…

Agape

Scripture We have come into an intimate experience with God’s love, and we trust in the love He has for us. God is love! ~1 John 4:16, TPT Quote Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. ~C.S. Lewis I would not attempt to convince a young person in…