I Do Not Want To Be Jesus

Scripture But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink? Are you able to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?” ~Mark 10:38, NLT Quote I do not want to be…

Pride

Scripture Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. ~Proverbs 16:18, NIV Quote It was pride that turned an angel into a devil. ~Augustine I am a note writer: my office is filled with notes. Tuesday, I was looking through some notes trying to find some quotes I had used in BREAKFAST AND…

The Wages Of Sin

Scripture Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. ~Galatians 6:7, ESV Quote Grace does not mean that sin does not matter. ~Ya’akov All sin has consequences. Some sins carry greater consequences than others but no sin is free of consequences. Sin pays wages. David sinned…

The Devil

Scripture Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. ~1Peter 5:8, NIV Quote The devil is working 24/7 causing pain and heartache in more ways than ever before. ~Dave Dravecky This world is full of temptation. Due to the modern media platforms,…

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 Deceptive Nature Of Sin

Scripture But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully matured, it brings forth death. ~James 1:14-15, LSB Quote No temptation is overcome until we stop trying to overcome it. ~C.S. Lewis The Greek…

Loving God’s Word

Scripture  For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.  ~Romans 7:22, NKJV Quote The devil loves sin. It is his nature to take pleasure in sin and in tempting others to sin. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones How simple is the quote above? I don’t think any true believer will take issue…

Bourbon Street and Beyond

Scripture My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.  Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. ~Proverbs 7:1-2, NIV Quote Do not bite the bait of pleasure until you know there is no hook beneath it. ~Thomas Jefferson Young people have a lot to deal with…

The Myth of Greener Grass

Scripture In the end you will groan in anguish when disease consumes your body. You will say, “How I hated discipline! If only I had not ignored all the warnings! ~Proverbs 5:11-12, NLT Quote The grass that appears greener in your neighbor’s yard is the grass over the septic tank [field lines]. ~Erma Boombeck You’ve been…

Use Your Head

Scripture Have respect for the LORD–that will prove you are wise. Avoid evil–that will show that you have understanding. ~Job 28:28, NIRV Quote One bad apple spoils the whole barrel. ~Ben Franklin Actually, fragments of the quote above date back as far as Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 – 25 October 1400) but Ben Franklin coined the words…