2 Reasons For God's Commands Close Honey & Marriage

In the final 50 years, our civilization has shunned Biblical commands virtually sexual behavior, too the statistics are staggering:

83% of immature single people identifying themselves every bit Christians accept had sex.

This 83% don't empathise that God's commands are motivated past times His deep dear for them. 

Adultery statistics are hard to track, simply it's estimated that 30-60% of all married people accept had an affair.

Sexual sin damages us, no affair how many people approve it. And our loving Heavenly Father wants to spare us that damage. 

God gave His commands for 2 of import reasons: to bless us too protect us.

If y'all or somebody y'all dear is confused virtually God's sexual standards, pray for them too encourage them to written report the alone trustworthy source -- the Bible. 

"...this is dear for God: to drib dead on his commands. And his commands are non burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world." 1 John 5:3-4 

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Premarital statistics from “Almost Everyone’s Doing It” Relevant magazine, September/October 2011, page 65.
For an in-depth expect at what Scripture says virtually sex: Sex Outside Marriage. 

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Pot Or Potter?

"Only if your God tin ship away state things that upset yous volition yous know yous convey a existent God in addition to non merely a creation of your imagination." Timothy Keller

When I became a Christ-follower, He upset my lifestyle, cleaning out my bookcase, my thoughts, my speech communication in addition to my heart. The procedure was difficult in addition to wonderful in addition to continues to this day.

Many people are unchanged yesteryear their god because he's a creation of their imagination. Their god changes according to pop opinion, has no expectations, no commands, in addition to no righteous justice.

But no ane changes the Living God. He changes us (Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 64:8).

"In reckon of God’s mercy ...offer your bodies every bit a living sacrifice, holy in addition to pleasing to God ... Do non adjust to the blueprint of this world, but move transformed yesteryear the renewing of your mind. Then yous volition move able to exam in addition to approve what God’s volition is—his good, pleasing in addition to perfect will." Romans 12:1-2

I am in addition to hence grateful He changes me in addition to I can't alter Him.
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3 Ways To Relish Life & Facebook

Even if you lot don't utilization Facebook, I mean value you'll exercise goodness from this devotion.

Studies present that beingness on Facebook makes many people discouraged, disappointed together with fifty-fifty depressed. 

Why? Because everyone's life seems together with thus much ameliorate than theirs and/or no 1 pays attending to the things they post.

Facebook mimics life. Most people cover their failures together with everyone wants to a greater extent than attending than they get.

Three things that tin give the axe attention us inward life or on Facebook:

1. Honestly acknowledge that our lives aren't perfect. We convey failures together with sorrows merely similar everyone, but nosotros discovery comfort, correction together with guidance inward Christ (2 Corinthians 1:3-7; 2 Timothy 3:16-17).

2. Realize that God's the exclusively perfect friend. Others volition disappoint us (John 15:15).

3. Find our joy together with fulfillment past times focusing on God together with others, non on ourselves (Matthew 22:36-40).

Facebook tin give the axe hold out a source of joy together with ministry building for Christians if nosotros pray for others, post inspiring images, Scriptures together with quotes to encourage others, together with introduce our lives honestly.
source: Facebook Makes You Feel Bad
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5 Ways To Restore Your Fervor For Christ

"Too many Christians are content amongst appearing to endure a chip to a greater extent than moral than the people roughly them. But the deviation betwixt a truthful Christian in addition to a non-Christian is non most subtle moral distinctions—it’s the deviation betwixt beingness endure in addition to beingness dead!"— Francis Chan

I'm afraid that Chan's showtime description is to a greater extent than prevalent inwards the American church building than his second.

If you're unsure which description best fits you, I encourage you lot to:

1. Get involved amongst people who produce you lot to honey in addition to proficient deeds, helping you lot utilize Scripture to your life, in addition to keeping you lot accountable (Hebrews 10:24).

2. Read your Bible regularly in addition to deliberately, "listening" for ways it applies to your electrical flow problems, decisions in addition to plans (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

3. Make your human relationship amongst Jesus a priority, non an afterthought (Matthew 6:33).

4. Pray most everything! (Philippians 4:6)

5. Ask God to restore your "first love" in addition to don't allow anyone or anything distract you lot from that role (Matthew 24:12; Revelation 2:4-5).
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Sheeple

"Gosh, you lot sheeple(1) are actually pathetic if you lot bespeak an imaginary friend to brand feel of your pathetic lives..." quote left on Bible Love Notes Facebook page

I responded:
 
What you lot telephone phone "imaginary" I know every bit fact, a fact that has changed my life forever. What you lot telephone phone "pathetic," I know every bit joy together with peace that keeps me from maxim hateful things to others fifty-fifty when they tell hateful things to me. What you lot telephone phone "miserable," I know every bit truthful together with abundant life inward Christ. No bespeak to experience pitiful for me. "God demonstrates his ain honey for us inward this: While nosotros were withal sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

Writing Bible Love Notes has introduced me to many such atheists, whose faith(2) inward no God makes them rude. They don't realize existence called sheeple is no insult when you're next the Good Shepherd. In fact, their insults are blessings according to Christ (see Matthew 5:11).

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(1) I'd never heard this term before, but this homo didn't invent it. It's a derogatory term combining "people" together with "sheep," pregnant persons who don't recall for themselves together with don't inquiry things but but become along alongside whatever they're told. Of course, that's non truthful for genuine Christians. Like the Bereans, nosotros are supposed to banking concern lucifer out everything that is said together with compare it alongside God's Word (Acts 17:11).

(2) While they vehemently deny it, atheists bring faith (not proof) inward the unproven theory that at that topographic point is no God. They are sheeple, but their shepherd is a thief (See John 10:1-18).

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Why Ane Don't Steal

If my conscience didn’t bother me, I’d belike intermission the Eighth Commandment together with steal. 

Not store lifting or robbing banks, but keeping the extra change...letting the waiter forget to accuse for dessert....using copyrighted materials on my blogs...fudging on my taxes. 

But my conscience bothers me…I but can’t create it. 

It’s natural for us to experience guilty when nosotros violate God’s commands because a feel of correct together with incorrect is written on our hearts (Romans 2:15). And when nosotros overstep away Christians, Christ gives us novel hearts that are fifty-fifty to a greater extent than sensitive to sin. We don't desire to sin because nosotros honey Christ.

I’m glad my conscience bothers me. It’s a sign that I own got Christ’s spirit. If I quit listening to my conscience, it "fades" together with loses it's ability inward my life. When a someone ignores her conscience long enough, she loses all agreement of sin (1 Timothy 4:2).

So accept fourth dimension today to give thank yous God for your conscience. It's 1 agency He warns us to continue our fingers from the flames!

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Before Too After

We can't locomote righteous plenty or create plenty practiced industrial plant to salve us. Salvation is a gift (Ephesians 2:8-9).

But, in i lawsuit we're saved, we're dissimilar - practiced industrial plant together with righteousness croak an integral business office of our walk (2 Corinthians 5:17). 

Salvation is non a bed nosotros residue on, it's a door opening into a novel walk of life.

The sign of genuine organized religious belief isn't perfection, merely it's a longing to change, a longing to create the correct thing, a longing to locomote to a greater extent than similar Christ.

Paul expresses that longing:
"I wishing to know Christ ... I press on to accept concord of that for which Christ Jesus took concord of me ... Forgetting what is behind together with straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the destination to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward inward Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:10-14 

Genuine organized religious belief involves deliberate steps to grow together with change:
"Work difficult to exhibit the results of your salvation, obeying God amongst deep reverence together with fear. For God is working inward you, giving you lot the wishing together with the ability to create what pleases him." Philippians 2:12-13 

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Not Now!

There's a mutual misunderstanding with Christians. I'm sometimes guilty of it myself. 

It's believing that eternity starts now, believing nosotros shouldn't bring problems (financial, health, relationship, etc.) because we're believers. 

It's truthful that Jesus defeated Satan, sin, death, sickness, evil, pain, suffering as well as sorrow inwards the spiritual realm when He died as well as rose again. But the sum revelation of that victory won't come upwards until sky (Hebrews 2).

Christ assures us that fifty-fifty though He's overcome the world, we'll bring troubles during our earthly lives (John 16:33).

We're inwards the procedure of receiving eternity, then nosotros all the same sense testing, trials, struggles as well as attacks (Ephesians 6:12; Hebrews 12). 

Our public as well as our bodies are inwards bondage to decay, only "our acquaint sufferings are non worth comparison with the glory that volition endure revealed inwards us" (Romans 8:18-25).

Let's alive with eternity inwards mind, only let's recall nosotros aren't at that spot yet!
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Flags Or People?

I convey a friend, a sis inward Christ, a kindred spirit. Her refer is Peggie together with she's African-American. 

I'm white.

We've talked nearly deep things together. 

Because I dearest my friend, I wound when she hurts together with rejoice when she rejoices (Romans 12:15).

So when I ask heed Christians defending the Confederate flag, I hurt. 

I've read Confederate documents* together with they unanimously together with unashamedly back upward the slavery of Peggie's ancestors. 

Even if the Confederate flag agency something dissimilar to you, the secession papers prove the Confederacy was strongly committed to slavery.

From the 1860's when the Confederate United States of America claimed their correct to ain Peggie's nifty grandparents, to the 1960's when SC raised the flag to oppose integration, to 2015 when the Charleston murderer honored the flag, it's been intimately associated alongside racism.

Even if you lot aren't racist, the flag's racist symbolism cannot survive denied.

I alive inward the South together with regularly ask heed Christians defend the flag. Even though I avoid political issues inward my devotions, I believe this is a spiritual issue, together with I'm compelled to speak. 

God commands us to regard the feelings of others higher upward our ain (Philippians 2:3-4; Romans 15:2-3).  He commands us to dissever from anything questionable or ungodly (Ephesians 5:8-21) together with thus nosotros don't discredit our witness (2 Corinthians 6:3).

Dear Christians, nosotros must dearest people to a greater extent than than flags. Please quit defending a symbol that together with thus deeply hurts the hearts of others.

* If you've never studied Confederate documents, run across a sampling below. This is non Union propaganda. These are the documents of the Confederacy, clearly defining their principal argue for secession every bit slavery. And these are non the alone Confederate documents that brand this point. They are simply a sampling. 

Texas Secession Papers  This document states that the confederacy assures the "servitude of the African to the white race." 
SC Secession Papers  This document states that the states' correct SC wishes to protect is their correct to ain human beings because "slavery is inward the course of written report of ultimate extinction" if they remain inward the Union.
Cornerstone Speech of Confederate Vice President, Alexander Stephens  This spoken language from the minute highest official inward the Confederacy pulls no punches nearly claiming whites are the "superior race."  
If you'd similar to a greater extent than nutrient for thought:
Separating Myth from Facts
5 Myths About the Confederate Flag
Separating Myth from Facts
Confederate Courage
Separating Myth from Facts
Slavery is a Black & White Issue

Bullets As Well As Bibles - Saving Lives

 
Soldier saved from bullet past times his steal Bible...

Baghdad, 2007: PFC Brendan Schweigart was hitting past times a sniper. The bullet went into his side together with out his chest, where it was stopped past times a steal Bible he kept inward his bullet-proof vest. 

If the Bible had non been there, it’s probable that the bullet would accept ricocheted off the armor together with dorsum into his body, maybe killing him. 

This is non the start fourth dimension a steal Bible has been credited for saving the life of a soldier. 

I accept my father’s steal Bible from WWII, together with it genuinely has a metallic comprehend for that specific purpose. 

But I accept a even virtually a Bible saving my life too:
I was a disillusioned, nominal Christian, who saw no role inward life beyond my ain happiness. 

Then, I began reading the Bible…and it led me to the Lord, who saved me from eternal death.

Hebrews 4:12: "For the give-and-take of God is endure together with active. Sharper than whatever double-edged sword, it penetrates fifty-fifty to dividing mortal together with spirit, joints together with marrow; it judges the thoughts together with attitudes of the heart."

My even is every fleck every bit incredible every bit PFC Schweigart’s. What virtually you? Do you lot accept a even virtually the Bible saving your life?

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Little Man Child Who Cried Wolf

I told my granddaughter Gracie the even out of “The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf,” in addition to she loves it. 

She asks to listen it then much that I’ve started telling it a petty differently each time. It’s ever a message almost somebody getting caught lying, precisely non ever a petty man child in addition to a wolf. Gracie doesn’t mind.

Gracie w/grammy

The petty man child who cried wolf didn’t obey God's 9th commandment in addition to didn't realize that “we tin fool or then of the people all of the time, in addition to all of the people or then of the time, but nosotros can’t ever fool God!"

God's advert is Truth (John 14:6), in addition to lies distance us from His protection in addition to His dearest (Proverbs 12:22; Colossians 3:9).

If at that topographic point are areas of your life where you lot are lying to yourself or others, come upward build clean today. Ask God’s help—He is eager to plow over it.
 

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What's Your Jesus Story?

I dearest Jesus stories.

They remind me that God speaks the same truths to all of us. They too remind me of the variety inwards the household unit of measurement of God because He speaks His truth inwards ways nosotros tin best listen it.

Recently, on Bible Love Notes Facebook wall, I asked: "I'm curious....how did yous come upward to know the Lord?"

About 100 people left comments, and, equally I expected, the bulk attributed their conversion to a person, peculiarly household unit of measurement members, friends, as well as Dominicus schoolhouse teachers. Moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents, sons, daughters, as well as fifty-fifty ex-husbands made the list.

Sermons, church building camp, revivals, baptisms, hardships, tv programs, funerals, as well as youth groups were mentioned, merely I imagine fifty-fifty these events were preceded past times the prayers as well as witness of human beings.

God tin purpose whatsoever agency to accomplish us. After all, He i time spoke through a ass (Numbers 22:21-35).

But God close ofttimes uses people. When was the terminal fourth dimension yous told someone your Jesus story?

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Psalm 12 For Today

When God inspired David to write Psalm 12, I imagine He was thinking ahead to the many, many events inwards history to which it would apply.

"Help, LORD, for the godly homo ceases to last ... The wicked strut nigh on every side when vileness is exalted alongside the sons of men" (verse 1,8).

Left to our ain "wisdom," nosotros decline God's loving warnings in addition to slide deeper into sin (Romans 1:16-32).

Our electrical flow civilisation oftentimes calls God's commands "stupid," "unrealistic," "out-of-date," in addition to fifty-fifty "hateful" no affair how lovingly nosotros talk them. Our civilisation wants us to honour in addition to accolade things which God calls sinful (verse 4).

But God's Word doesn't involve man's approval.

"The words of the LORD are pure words; As silvery tried inwards a furnace on the earth, refined 7 times" (verse 6).

Man's wisdom devolves; God's Word stands firm. Let's stand upwardly on what is forever firm.
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Every Christian's To Create List

1. Spend fourth dimension amongst Jesus - Psalm 27:8.
Prayer nourishes my person as well as guides my life.
See Is Your Heart Christ's Home?

2. Let Jesus prioritize my solar daytime - Matthew 6:33.
Make Him business office of everything.
See Teach Us to Number Our Days.

3. Pray instead of worrying - Philippians 4:6.
Worry is a lack of trust inwards God.
See Scriptures for Overcoming Fear as well as Worry.

4. Be honest virtually my sins - James 4:10.
Realize that excusing sin hurts me to a greater extent than than anyone else.
See 6 Characteristics of Sincere Repentance.

5. Think of others - Philippians 2:3-4.
Discouragement is ofttimes the number of existence self-focused.
See God-esteem as well as Other-focus.

6. Wait patiently for God to deed - Psalm 27:14.
He knows the best fourth dimension for all things.
See Sometimes God Plans Detours as well as Delays.

7. Be willing to create the difficult materials - Matthew 16:24.
Everything worthwhile requires difficult work.
See Living for Christ is Wonderful, simply It's Not Easy.

8. Read God's Word - Psalm 119:9-16.
It's my life line.
See The Bible Always Proves Accurate.

9. Do what it says - James 1:22
Love for Christ = obedience.
See Friends Obey Him.

10. Let Christ Pb me - Matthew 11:29.
Remember I'm His FOLLOWER.
See Three Warnings.

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Those Who Abhor Him

I latterly read an article, written past times believers for unbelievers, saying that Jesus loves everyone, fifty-fifty those who abhor him. I believe the authors meant well, only their disceptation was incomplete.

God gives all men "life support" (Matthew 5:45) as well as offers everyone salvation (John 3:16;1 Timothy 2:3-4; 2 Peter 3:9). It's accurate to country God provides for those who abhor him as well as offers them His love.

But the next verses must live on added: 

• Only believers convey eternal life (John 3:16).
• Jesus as well as His Father honey those who obey Him (John 14:23). 
• Only those who keep His commands remain inward His honey (John 15:10). 
• The Father loves us because nosotros honey as well as believe inward Jesus (John 16:27). 

It's non honest to tell sinners close God's honey without telling them close His holy wrath (John 3:36; Revelation 21:8; Luke 13:3-5; Romans 2:5-8; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Ephesians 5:6).

Those who abhor Jesus volition live on eternally punished. If nosotros tending close their souls, nosotros volition warn them.

When nosotros piece of occupation out out parts of the Gospel to become inward to a greater extent than attractive to our culture, nosotros aren't doing God whatever favors. He knows amend than nosotros create how to utter to the hearts of sinners.

*See besides Psalm 11:5; Proverbs 6:16;11:20.
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Why God Says Ii Equals X (2 = 10)

According to Christ, if nosotros obey ii commands, nosotros automatically obey the rest:

“You must dear the Lord your God amongst all your heart, all your soul, in addition to all your mind. This is the outset in addition to greatest commandment. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 2nd is as important: ‘Love your vecino as yourself.’ All the other commandments in addition to all the demands of the prophets are based on these ii commandments.” Matthew 22:37-40

This doesn't diminish the many other commands of Scripture. It agency nosotros obey them out of love non duty or fright of punishment.

Christ too said, “I am the way, the truth, in addition to the life… Those who obey my commandments are the ones who dear me... I accept loved you lot fifty-fifty as the Father has loved me. Remain inwards my love. When you lot obey me, you lot rest inwards my love…John 14:6,21;15:9-10

God has made things uncomplicated for us--two basic commands in addition to i basic argue to obey: Obedience draws us closer to God in addition to keeps us inwards the pump of His love! No vantage could move sweeter! 

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The Frozen Chosen

A.D. 320, Roman Empire:

Forty Christian warriors refused to obey majestic orders to worship infidel gods. 

To forcefulness their submission, the commander stripped them of their wearing clothing in addition to made them stand upwardly on a frozen pond.

For hours the men praised God piece guards on shore shouted that warm baths awaited whatsoever who recanted. 

In the middle of the night, i homo crawled to shore. 

But their publish was shortly restored when a guard proclaimed his faith, tore off his wearing clothing in addition to joined the thirty-nine. 

The side past times side morn twoscore frozen warriors were ushered into Glory.

Few of us volition popular off for Christ, only volition nosotros alive for Him (Romans 12:1-2)?

Will nosotros beak truth inwards the confront of icy criticism (Luke 9:26)?

When nosotros listen of persecuted Christians "standing naked on the frozen pond," volition nosotros blanket them inwards prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17)? 

Will nosotros give to God's move fifty-fifty if it costs us a warm bathroom (2 Corinthians 9:7)? 
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Sources:  Christianity.com  Crosswalk.com

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