Living a life obedient and submitted to the King can be very hard. Especially when living in a corrupt world filled with self centered sin and lusts. It is what it is. We can find ourselves drifting if we are not careful. Sin is in this world and we cannot escape this world until we are with Jesus. So, what do we do? If you find yourself drifting from your walk with God, do a self check. Better yet, do one on a regular basis...just in case you pridefully think you are all that! Therefore beware brethren, take care, lest there be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to cleave to, trust in, and rely on Him], leading you to turn away and desert or stand aloof from the living God. But instead warn (admonish, urge, and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened into settled rebellion by the deceitfulness of sin [by the fraudulence, the trickery which the delusive glamor of his sin may play on him]. - Hebrews … [Read more...]
The Daily – The Danger of UNteachable Pride
Have you ever heard a sermon or teaching and immediately felt annoyed, or maybe like this was definitely NOT a message for you? I have. Now, there have been times, when the message was just downright nutty. However, that is rare. Most of the time (especially since I am VERY careful whom I allow to speak into my life), it is right on the money. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the meek and poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. - Proverbs 16:18-19 (amplified) Pride is destructive to the person who holds the pride. Pride prevents us from hearing God's Truth and learning what He wants us to learn. Pride is a terrible disease of the heart that many of us have and are too prideful to even see it! LOL! What exactly is pride? Note: I am only focusing on the selfish side of pride for this study. Taking pride in your work and how you maintain your home are not what I am talking about here. We are only … [Read more...]
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