Samson’s story is a trail of sadness and regret. So favored by the Lord, yet, he failed the Lord. His failures are lessons for us, even warnings, of the need to keep our spiritual guards up in two areas.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
What is one of the clearest pieces of evidence characterizing a true child of God? We might be quick to say, “love for other Christians” and that would be correct. But there is another evidence that affirms our adoption into God’s family.
Have you ever received advice from someone when you are trying to figure out a decision to make in life that went something like this “Just trust your heart. Go with your ‘gut feeling’”? If so, not good; not good at all either to receive such advice or offer it.
This Lord’s Day, we return to our journey through the Old Testament book of Job finding ourselves in the last cycle of speeches between Job’s friends and himself. In this speech, we hear the cruelty of a self-righteous person and the marks from Job of a healthy believer in relationship with God.
JUDGES 8:4-5 – And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing. 5 So he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” THEME…
JOB 14:1–2 – Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE BREVITY OF LIFE – THE PRIORITIES IN LIFE. A recent report on aging in the United States revealed life expectancy has dropped…