Monday’s section of this week’s lesson asks how we can keep from being deceived by Satan? Satan is a narcissist. Narcissists gaslight their victims by creating illusions that appear to defy what is true. Satan tempts us by creating illusions that appear to defy what is true. He has to make us doubt Bible truth … Continue reading –>
He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the Lord. Pslam 40:3 NLT My parents told me that one Sabbath morning when I was two years old, the elder kept praying … Continue reading –>
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Psalm 122:1 “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” Hebrews 10:25 Over the years, I have heard … Continue reading –>
Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 1 Corinthians 10:11 NKJV Are there certain Bible characters you identify with more than others? Do you find yourself sympathizing with Joseph because you’ve been bullied by your brothers too? … Continue reading –>
For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. Colossians 1:19-20 NLT Why did God need to make peace with heaven? This verse right here may … Continue reading –>
For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh. The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Who knows … Continue reading –>
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Psalm 136:1 NKJV Psalm 136 goes on to describe all the many ways that God’s mercy has endured forever, but my favorite illustration of God’s incredible mercy comes from Joshua 9 and Joshua 10. The Gibeonites used deceit to trick … Continue reading –>
For my days are consumed like smoke, And my bones are burned like a hearth. My heart is stricken and withered like grass, So that I forget to eat my bread. Because of the sound of my groaning My bones cling to my skin. Psalm 102:3-5 NKJV Do all our prayers have to be upbeat, … Continue reading –>
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; Psalm 23:6 NKJV” “A time to be born, And a time to die; Ecclesiastes 3:2 NKJV” Several years ago, I was talking to a friend who recently lost her mother. I had not lost my mother yet, so while being concerned for … Continue reading –>
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; Psalm 19:7 NKJV Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. Psalm 119:97 NKJV It’s amazing to me how people claim God’s law was done away with when it … Continue reading –>
