You must fulfill your vows, even if you were swindled into making it. The heathen Canaanites, the very people whom God had decreed must be wiped out because of their wickedness , are very much aware of God's mighty power in protecting and providing for His people, which is a concept God had forbidden Israel from making treaties with nations within the borders of the Promised Land (Deuteronomy Know that you must do all that you can to fulfill whatever you obligated yourself to in making these

Make it your business. Another way to translate that would be, Happy is the man who makes God's Word his primary occupation. The question is significant: as people who've been made perfect in Christ, are we now expected to obey In other words, do you you "seek the Lord with all your heart (v2)" with the same intensity that you take Make it your business, and see how God will reward you with blessedness in this life and the life to

What a perfect way to explain what the Bible would be if its primary claim that it is the very Word of He heard the very voice of God expressing His pleasure and love for His Son. But here Peter says in a sense, don't take my word for it! (v20)" In other words, every word of the Old Testament is shining its light on what would be revealed comprised of the words of Moses, David, Peter, Paul and others, it's much more accurate to describe every

The other three Gospel accounts include others that John does not, but even those do not include every not do your readers any good to fill chapter upon chapter with daily logs of his meals, clothing, and every Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that The Bible includes very little about his younger years or what projects he may have helped his carpenter

Paul writes that atheism is a temporary condition in v11 - every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ Imagine one of your best life long friends, who gained success in every area of life, only to give up all they had to take all of the guilt and blame and consequences for all of the wrongs you had committed

; without him nothing was made that has been made. They lie in wait for the church and every member of it like thieves, with all their power, to destroy John continues, “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made through whom the Father created the universe, including the earth you are standing on, came to this very May you ever praise the Lord!

shall not covet.”  8  But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10  I found that the very delight in God’s law; 23  but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making it is important for us to recognize the weight of our sin, to come to grips with it, being reminded ever read God’s Law week in and week out as a part of our worship services, may God through the Holy Spirit ever

If the Lord's your shepherd, that makes you His sheep. Psalm 23 (NIV) A psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in Make sure that you can say with David that He's my shepherd. Your shepherd takes a very active role in your life. ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Make me lie down in green pastures, lead me beside quiet waters, and

But in God’s sight theft also includes cheating and swindling our neighbor by schemes made to appear Using deceitful tactics to take advantage of others unfortunately has been a common practice all throughout Dishonest parties would take advantage of the system of weights and measures by having two different Much like the false weights of Moses’ day, this practice takes advantage of those who are unwilling or In using dishonest weights, merchants were stealing a little from their trade partners in every transaction

Jesus didn't just come to be with you, but to be made like you in every way. gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and made In the incarnation God did not merely take on a human form, but as John states “the Word became flesh Jesus took on more than just skin & muscle; He took on our very nature.