Can you not hear the sounds of suffering all around you, or are you simply that obtuse? Have you purposely closed your ears to the loud clanking of chains and the moans made by the prisoners who are marching off toward their deaths? Ah, but then you have fallen back into the same old rut…
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Then, like sitting down to a meal of pablum, My children are found ingesting a steady diet of man’s philosophies, letting the hours pass by consuming worldly ideologies, thereby permitting the enemy to influence…
With a bold display of pageantry My troops have marched out onto the field; dressed in formal attire they have strutted about as if proud peacocks displaying their plumage. For though these soldiers regularly boast of My army’s strength and might, when I issued the latest ‘call to arms’, the overwhelming response was slight…
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Although Paul was called to be an apostle, he was sent to a particular people group to preach the Gospel, for I desired the boundaries of My Kingdom to expand into every nation and region. So then, he was to go amongst the Gentiles with the Good News. Yet knowing this to be his divinely appointed task, he still allowed…
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What good is zeal if the one who is running was not asked by the King to deliver the message? Isn’t this one, then, simply exerting useless energy on a mission to which they weren’t assigned? Then if the appointment has not been confirmed by Me, not a single soldier from My ranks should step out of their place…
Then like a voracious beast that is quietly stalking his prey, the enemy has been plotting his revenge against My people, those who are known as the children of God. So out in the tall grass he waits, hoping to cover his movements, hidden behind the thick weeds of bureaucracy and government. And while some in My flock…
Just as a ‘fly in the ointment’ contaminates the oil, so, too, does sinful weakness damage a believer’s reputation. For when those thought to be upstanding are found morally deficient, their honor and good name are lost within their communities. So though, in this life, none who are called “righteous” are expected to behave…
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When the Landlord comes to inspect His property, will He find it in need of repair because the tenants took too lightly their responsibility for its care?
And since, it would seem, many of His dwellings are in this dilapidated condition, the Owner has decided that extensive renovations are needed so that each of these shelters are…
When the triumphant enter the field, their very presence alters how the game is played. The rival team knows that these champions are not easily bested, and will, therefore, resort to cheating to win the challenge. While the reputation of the truly victorious are marked with integrity and valor, the character of their opposition is…
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The fuse has been lit for this powder keg to blow. These days have been filled with the right explosive components to see a revolution ignite, as the current political strife and economic hardship have created an internal tension within the population, with some so incensed because of personal misfortune that very little provocation…