Seeing My Heart
Are you willing to take a hard look at your own heart and ask the Lord to do a Marie Kondo-type work there? Would you examine your thoughts, beliefs, and desires for idolatry? If so, be ready for some discomfort and
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Category: Obedience
Being Sure in the Lord
Jeroboam was promised ten tribes of the kingdom of Israel. In 1 Kings 11:26-40, we read about how those ten tribes would be given to him after the sin of Solomon.
As we continue reading in 1 Kings 12, we see that he did indeed become king over those 10 tribes. Rehoboam foolishly listened to bad advice, which led the 10 kingdoms to follow Jeroboam. Sadly, we also read about Jeroboam’s own foolishness.
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The High Places In Your Heart
My Bible reading has taken me into Kings and Chronicles, and one thing that has repeatedly struck me is how the good Kings (although there were a few) obeyed God only in part. The Bible repeatedly states that this good king or that good king eradicated evil or Baal worship out of Israel or Judah, but never went the whole way in removing the high places or the golden calves or the altars on which sacrifices to those false gods were offered.
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“I’m Calling About My Daughter…”
Your daughter is an image bearer of God, created by Him for His glory. His deepest desire for her life is that she would bring glory to His name. So, as you struggle with her behavior, attitudes, and actions, you must remember that you also were created for the glory of God.
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An Unsubmissive Heart
I was talking to my good friend the other morning. She’s struggling with something God has allowed into her life and was in a moment of exceptional pain because of it. She was telling me how she is failing to submit to God’s will in her suffering; that in her battling in her flesh she is not glorifying God. As I listened to her tell me her story through tears, I found myself pondering if this really means she has an unsubmissive heart.
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