| This is my online devotional that was posted today on The Life Project |
| For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.Psalm 32:3 |
| Let’s pick up the context of David’s psalm. It started out as the blessedness of forgiven sin. Then it went into how David’s bones were affected by his unconfessed sin. I encourage you to think about your own life. How healthy are your bones? Here is a verse from a new song the Holy Spirit gave me called “Rejoicing Bones” When I thought about my circumstances I became gloomy inside. My heart was getting heavy and my peace destroyed. Then in Your Word You revealed the secret of health. My bones are affected when my heart is in despair. In verse four David revealed the effects of his unconfessed sin. It says, “For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.” Picture this as a dry creek bed. There is no running water, no vegetation along the bank, no fish swimming, and no animals coming to drink.Psalm 32:5 (Amplified) explains God’s way. It says, “I acknowledge my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord (continually unfolding the past till all is told)—then You (instantly) forgave me the guilt and iniquity of my sin. Selah (pause, and calmly think of that)!” When we confess our sin, the Lord is quick to forgive us and to cleanse away the guilt and the shame that was blocking our vitality. Lord, I am so grateful that my sinful thoughts are not hidden from you. Help me to always live in the present, being fully aware that you know what is in my heart. Since my bones are affected by my thoughts, help me to stay centered on you in every circumstance of my life. |
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Hidden Power Of Temptations That Defeat Us
| THE HIDDEN POWER OF TEMPTATIONS THAT DEFEAT USJULY 6 2024, WRITTEN BY MARILYN ADAMS |
| And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to humble him. And we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”JUDGES 16:5 |
| Samson was a Nazarite, set apart for God’s specific use. His parents were given explicit instructions before he was born. Samson violated them on several occasions. He was a judge in Israel for twenty years, and a mortal enemy of the Philistines. Samson also was an immoral man. He was seduced by a harlot, because his hidden sin inflamed illicit desires. His willful disobedience cost him his life.Samson’s story (which you can read in Judges 13-16) is a powerful message for us when we are tempted to sin. The secret hidden sins of our hearts are the kindling that ignites our smoldering desires into a consuming fire. We blindly walk right into the enemy’s trap set to overpower and defeat us.James 1:14-15 is a behind-the-scenes look at the bait used to entrap us through temptations. It says, “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.”Father, I am so thankful for your word. You have set out truths for me to follow, so that I do not fall prey to the devil’s deceptive enticements. Help me to apply the principles in your word, so that my desires please you.Throughout this day: Listen to Lord I Need You by Matt Maher, and be reminded that we need the Lord who is always ready to help us resist temptation.Share on FacebookSubscribe to Daily Devotionals, receive prayer or share your thoughts with us! |
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Out Of The Dust~Part Two
Psalm 40:2 says, “He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.” There is a hymn. In part it says, “I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful shore. Very deeply stained within, sinking to rise no more. But the Master of the sea heard my despairing cry, from the waters lifted me, now safe am I.”
The Lord is our Rescuer. I have a friend that was just rescued through amazing God-orchestrated circumstances. His testimony could be as Psalm 116. Verse 8-9 says, “For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.”
I am memorizing Psalm 116. Verse 5 says, “Gracious is the Lord and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.” God’s mercy endures forever. Psalm 136.
Resist Enticements
James 1:13 says that God will never tempt us to evil. Verse 14-15 says, “But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.” James then wrote the key. Verse 16 says, “Do not be deceived…”
The enemy’s only pseudo power is through deception. Remember that God is All Powerful.
That means, without exception, He alone has power. He has set His resurrection power within us. Ephesians 1:18 says, “And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power.”
The only time His power is not active is when we step out in our flesh. At that point we are walking independent of God. That is exactly why the enemy lures us with his temptations. To get us to act in our fleshly will and ways.
M's Creations 