Reading today from 2 Samuel 22 - 24... "And David said unto Gad, 'I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for His mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.'" 2 Samuel 24:14 (KJB) Probably because of pride David had called …
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Hope in the LORD… Forever
"LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. Let Israel hope in the LORD …
A Sash, A Word, and an Ear
"...Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. This evil people, which refuse to hear My words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, …
GOD Calls for Repentance of His People
"So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, 'Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and He will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out …
When Leaders Get Full of Themselves
"But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were …
Honoring the King of Heaven
For the most part chapter four of Daniel is the writing of Nebuchadnezzar, sharing his personal testimony of a tragic, yet humbling, and redeeming time of his life and reign as king of Babylon. He had grown proud and arrogant (4:28-30), and the King of heaven brought him down. The following are the final words …
The Mule Went On
Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 16 - 19 "And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that …
Verse for Thought 261648-50
"As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand …
Verse for Thought 200813
"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate." Proverbs 8:13 (KJV)
Seven Abominations 1
THE PROUD LOOK This is the first in a seven part series I call "SEVEN ABOMINATIONS WHICH GOD HATES. It is taken from Proverbs 6:16-19 as the text. I began this series on Sunday morning July 09, 2006, and I believe it covers the sins that are the cause of all the ills of the …
090711 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!
"How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of …
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Scripture Of The Day 121710
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; …
Wednesday Evening Bible Study 06/17/09
When Kings Refuse To Bow – Exodus 8:16-32 In this study, and since the first demonstration of the power of God, to Pharoah; this man has hardened his heart to God and His messengers. It is recorded that Charles H. Spurgeon said, “God shows Himself to each individual according to his character.” It cannot be …
Sermon Bite 06/08/08
The Church Without Jesus Christ Revelation 3:14-22 In the letters to the Seven Churches the power and sovereignty of Jesus Christ can be seen, partly in the way He reveals Himself to the churches, and partly in the way He rebukes, and /or commends and condemns them. This church of Laodicea has no commendation from …
Sermon Study Notes August 2006 #1
The Proud Look This is the first in a seven part series I call “SEVEN ABOMINATIONS WHICH GOD HATES. It is taken from Proverbs 6:16-19 as the text. I began this series on Sunday morning July 09, 2006, and I believe it covers the sins that are the cause of all the ills of the …
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