Posted in integrity on May 30th, 2014
“Cheaters never …..”
You know how the sentence goes since you heard it countless times during your childhood years.
Hopefully, the lesson stuck.
If we’re living the godly life, we’re living the honest life.
Particularly in our business dealings.
God rejoices when we resist cheating in commerce, just as He expects of our behavior in any setting.
“The Lord demands accurate […]
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Posted in personal holiness on May 15th, 2014
Nothing is hidden from God.
His flashlight is on everything.
As kids, when the light was on and an adult was watching us, we behaved in school or at home or at church.
When we thought nobody was watching, however, sometimes we didn’t.
We’re all guilty of this, of course.
It’s so much better when we choose to behave as […]
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Posted in repentance on Apr 28th, 2014
Repenting isn’t fun.
After all, who thinks apologizing to God is a happy time?
But everybody sins.
And that means that everybody should repent before God for doing what we shouldn’t have.
Hopefully, as we mature in faith, our repentance becomes less frequent because our sin becomes less frequent.
Like you, […]
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Posted in God's supremacy on Apr 23rd, 2014
So Israel was told by God to drive out the pagan tribes upon entering the Promised Land.
Why? To prevent the corruption of theology and morality that would surely follow if they didn’t.
Some Israelite tribes did drive out some of the pagan tribes inn their appointed regions during the decade or so of conquest expeditions […]
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Posted in friendship on Apr 22nd, 2014
You know the phrase… “Birds of a feather flock together.”
It is a phrase that is true to life not just for species associations in the wild, but also with character associations of people.
Crooks associate with crooks and “goody two shoes” people associate with other “goody two shoes” people.
Those who like to tell dirty jokes and […]
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