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Category Archives: Backsliding
Thy Rod & Thy Staff They Comfort Me
The 23rd Psalm is all about how the Lord leads His people. My favorite part of the Psalm is verse 2: He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. (K.J.V.) Green pastures … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Backsliding, Comfort, Depression, Disappointment, Discipleship, Disobedience, Encouragement, Fear, God's Love, God's Omniscience, God's Provision, Obedience, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Satan, Spiritual Warfare, Submission, Suffering, Temptation, The Devil, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, how a shepherd uses a rod, how a shepherd uses a staff, How does God's rod comfort us?, How does God's staff comfort us?, Phillip Keller, Psalm 23:4, They rod and thy staff they comfort me, What is the valley of the shadow of death?, yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
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It’s Not Enough Just to Start
A retired couple were each advised by their doctor to get more exercise. So they decided to start walking two miles a day. Since they lived out in the country at the end of a long road, their plan was … Continue reading
The First Church Scandal
(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #9) I don’t care how smoothly a church is humming along, it isn’t immune from scandal. The problem is that people can’t help but be people. They are sin-marred individuals who are card-carrying … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Adultery, Alcohol, Backsliding, Church, Deacons, God's Judgment, Holiness, Hypocrisy, Ministry, Money, Pastors, Personal Holiness, Series: "The Early Church of Jerusalem", Sin, Temptation, The Depravity of Man, The Holy Spirit
Tagged every Christian is a walking civil war, For what I will to do that I do not do, the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira, the sin of Ananias and Sapphira, what I hate I do, Why did God kill Ananias and Sapphira?
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A Fresh Word From God
Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. (1 Samuel 3:1, N.K.J.V.) The Hebrew word translated as “widespread revelation” in this verse … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Confession, Counsel, Disobedience, God's Will, Greed, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Repentance, Restoration, Sex, Sin
Tagged a time when God wasn't speaking, Eli a failure as a father, Hophni and Phinehas were unbelievers, the Hebrew word hazon, the meaning of Proverbs 29:18, the word of the Lord was precious in those days, the word of the Lord was rare in those days, where there is no vision the people perish, why you can't hear God's voice
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The Trouble With Convenient Ships
But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to … Continue reading
Going Backward in Life
“But this I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’ Yet … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Bible Study, Choices, Counsel, Desires, Disobedience, God's Will, God's Word, Obedience, Personal, The Bible, The Depravity of Man, Truth
Tagged following your heart, following your own counsel, going backward in life, going backward instead of forward, Is the Bible still relevant for today?
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