obedience

Repeated Pattern

Posted on October 15, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, God is Good, God's Word, Jesus, disobedience, obedience | Tags: , , , |

Read Joshua 8
To fully appreciate what’s happening in chapter 8 you might need to revisit chapters 6 and 7.  Here’s a quick recap.
Chapter 6 – The children of Israel took Jericho following God’s strange instructions.  Everything was to be burned except the silver, gold and iron items were for the Lord’s treasury.  But one man [...]

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Effort or Revelation?

Posted on June 19, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Deuteronomy, Devotions, Discipleship, God, God's Word, God's in Control, Holy Spirit, bible studies, desire, follow, obedience, trust, trust God | Tags: , , , |

The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29 NKJV
Have you ever been stuck in needing to know something?  There’s a situation happening in your life and you have this unrelenting [...]

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God’s Characteristics

Posted on June 16, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Deuteronomy, God Almighty, God's Word, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Seek Him, bible studies, faithfulness, idols, mercy, obedience, peace, prayer, purpose, renewing your mind, romans, salvation, sowing and reaping |

Today’s reading is a phenomenal chapter outlining characteristics of God.  Before you’ll see that let’s, start with pray:  Father God above, you alone are worthy of all praise.  You know all things.  You have provided everything we need to live a godly life until Christ returns.  Reveal your truths today through your Word by your [...]

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A Look at Deuteronomy 27:11-26

Posted on May 28, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Deuteronomy, bible studies, disobedience, family, obedience, obedient, rebellion, rebellious, relationship | Tags: , , |

And Moses commanded the people on the same day, saying, “These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin; and these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. Deuteronomy 27:11-13 NKJV
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Responsibility within a Family

Posted on May 20, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Holy Spirit, Honoring God, Jesus, Truth, bible studies, family, house of God, obedience, obedient, rebellion, redeemed, salvation, simplicity in Christ, sin, trust, trust God | Tags: , , |

Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, “Take heed and listen, O Israel: This day you have become the people of the LORD your God. 10 Therefore you shall obey the voice of the LORD your God, and observe His commandments and His statutes which I command you today.” Deuteronomy [...]

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Sin Has Consequence

Posted on January 24, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, God Almighty, Jesus, Matter of Choice, Seek Him, bible studies, desire, disobedience, eternity, forgiveness of sin, humble, humility, mercy, obedience, prevent sin, rebel, rebellion, rebellious, redeemed, righteousness, salvation, sin, sinfulness, trust God | Tags: , , , , , , |

And the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.” Genesis 18:20-21 NKJV
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Repent with Sincerity

Posted on January 19, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, God, God Almighty, God is Good, God's Word, Seek Him, bible studies, disobedience, every day idols, evil, forgive, forgiveness of sin, glory, humble, humility, obedience, obedient, prevent sin, pride, pride of life, rebellion, rebellious, redeemed, renewing your mind, salvation, walk by spirit | Tags: , , , , , |

Remember what 2 Chronicles 7:14 said? There are four steps leading to healing. Humble ourselves, pray and seek God were the first three steps. These steps prepared us for the action step.
The fourth step in healing is repentance. Don’t let the word “repent” scare you. It simply means turning from and turning to something. [...]

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A More Complete Picture

Posted on January 8, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Daily Devotions, Devotions, God's Son, God's Word, knowledge of God, obedience, obedient, personal God | Tags: , , , |

Can we understand God by reading one Bible verse? Can we know Him through one devotional reading? Can we grasp His glory through one prayer? Is it possible to know Him through encounters with others?
The answer to the individual question is no, but collectively perhaps. Let me explain with an analogy.

Can we taste [...]

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Rules versus Righteousness

Posted on January 2, 2008. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, God, God is Good, God's Son, God's Word, Holy Spirit, Honoring God, Jesus, Religion, Truth, bible studies, disobedience, doer of the word, doers of the word, foolishness, good, obedience, rebellion, rebellious, relationship, righteousness, rules, walk in love, walk in the Spirit, worship | Tags: , |

  
“They came to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.”” Acts 23:14 NKJV

As I pondered over this verse I thought of rules versus righteousness. There were about forty Jews who took this oath to kill Paul. These [...]

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Accepting His Will

Posted on December 20, 2007. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, Follow Me, God, God Almighty, God is Good, God's Son, God's Word, God's in Control, Holy Spirit, James, Jesus, Religion, Seek Him, bible studies, doer of the word, doers of the word, eternity, hardened, heart, heaven, human, john, obedience, overcome the world, peace, pray, proof, renewing your mind, romans, romans 8:28, sacrifice my will, servants of the Lord, stars, suffering, trust God, worldliness |

 
So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The will of the Lord be done.” Acts 21:14 NKJV
 
Why is it so hard to accept the will of the Lord?  One reason is we can’t understand why pain and suffering are part of the Lord’s will.  When we study God’s word, it is pretty [...]

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