April 21, 2024 … Bittersweet Sin …
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from the group Peterson Praise singing … Fighting Temptation … Poignantly and powerfully singing of how we Christians rely on God and His word to lead us from temptation into the hands of His victory.
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Highlight Passage: …Proverbs 20:17 [NLT] …
17 Stolen bread tastes sweet, but it turns to gravel in the mouth.
… Solomon warns of how sin turns from sweetness to gravel in the mouths of those who persist in sampling sin’s sweetness.
Highlight Passage (in context) … Proverbs 20:11-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… warning of the effects of allowing the sweetness of sin to become bittersweet in the mouths of those trie to hide sin in our lives.
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Reference Passage: … Psalms 119:9-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
…God, thru King David’s song, calls for God’s children to be faithful to His word to remain pure of heart.
Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
…God’s call, thru Solomon, to trust the Lord and faithfully follow God’s will and His ways in order to let HIM lead us in life.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 6:13 [NLT] …
13 And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. .
… Jesus teaches the truth of God blessings those who pursue peace in the family of God.
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] …
13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.
… The Apostle Paul shows fellow Christians that God will make a way to overcome any temptation if His faithful followers are will to seek His way and then follow Him.
Reference Passage: … James 1:12; 4:7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… James, the half-brother of Jesus, teaches fellow Christians that God blesses those those who endure and choose to humble themselves (ourselves) and follow God’s way rather than relent to the bitter sweetness of temptation.
My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Marvin Williams - AT THIS LINK -- tells of how thieves in Germany stole $80,000 dollars worth of chocolate which authorities sent out notices in Germany for people to be in the lookout for anyone trying to sell large quantities of the chocolates. And if caught the thieves would certainly taste of the bitter “rewards” of their getting caught like a little boy with his hand in the cookie jar <b>(see photo)</b>.
Dealing with the temptations of life is a pervasive problem in life, isn’t it? And there are so many ways that satan uses the tempting sweetness of life to tempt any/all of us to relent to the weakness of our flesh, yielding, with our sin nature, to the sweetness of this world. But if we trust and rely on God’s enabling grace and His guidance, any/all who really believe on God’s word <b>(see Scriptures above)</b>, those who trust and follow the Lord’s way will be led away from our flesh and be able to resist the temptations of this world.
It’s a worthy pursuit, don’tcha think?
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<b><u>My THANKFULNESS</u>:</b> ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your strength when I feel weak.
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<b><u>My Prayer Today</u>:</b> Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, … to rely on Your empowering grace when we’re tempted and feel so week, Lord.. … … Amen
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1 comment:
Amen!!
Kjetil
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