When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, all the people assembled as one man in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
So on the first day of [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘commitment’
May 27, 2008
9.1 Keeping Your Walls Strong
May 10, 2008
7.8 The Inside Man
One day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home. He said, “Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the temple doors, because men are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to [...]
April 19, 2008
5.14 Not What God Intended
Satan loves to get us to go after God’s will in ways God never intended. He knows that righteous goals achieved with unrighteous means are dishonoring to God. Adam and Eve desired to be like God, so they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It was a righteous goal – [...]
April 17, 2008
5.12 Is Masturbation Wrong?
The question of masturbation is central to the fight for sexual purity. There’s no direct answer to this question in the Bible, but I can find some related principles. I firmly believe that masturbation is wrong, particularly for married men, for the following reasons:
Matthew 5:27-28 – if you lust after [...]
March 22, 2008
4:5 Burn the Boats
God is not looking for perfection. He’s looking for commitment. He wants to know you will show up at the worksite each day to build your walls with Him.
There’s a great story that will give us a metaphor for this point.
On April 21st, in the year 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez sailed [...]
