Sonshine for your soul
Posted in attacks on Nov 18th, 2011
Some verses are so clear.
A passage in today’s One-Year Bible reading is such a verse.
“Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.” (James 1:26)
My goodness.
Please join me in praying that we both keep a tight rein on our tongues, [...]
Posted in attacks on Jun 27th, 2011
Nobody in his or her right mind would kick a land mine.
There is just too much likelihood of a terrible outcome.
But too many times, that’s just what some people do when they speak before thinking clearly.
Sometimes those “people” includes us.
Frustration over this or that prompts us to say this or that — things [...]
Posted in attacks on Apr 19th, 2011
When we or our loved ones or friends get entangled in a trap set by Satan, it’s almost always because we or they didn’t see it before stepping into it.
There are so many ways that Satan traps people. For example, he gets them joining in a gossipfest because they’re jealous of another and then [...]
Posted in attacks on Jan 26th, 2011
It doesn’t happen much to most of us, but when it does, it’s quite disconcerting.
I’m talking about those times when we’re actually accomplishing much for the Lord and others are seeing how God is so graciously working through us and then the Enemy sends a poisonous gossiper into the mix.
The gossiper doesn’t spew the caustic [...]
Posted in attacks on Dec 8th, 2010
The Big, Bad Wolf is always looking for houses to blow down.
After all, he’s got a long resume of successfully huffing and puffing, doesn’t he?
We all know of marriages or parent-child relationships or entire congregations that have collapsed after that gnarly rascal started blowing destructive winds upon them.
It didn’t have to be that way, though.
And [...]
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Martin Drummond