Our Jealous God

I recall the starting fourth dimension time I heard that God is a jealous God (Deuteronomy 6:15). I didn't know what it meant. 

I'd e'er idea of jealousy equally something bad. 

But agreement how too why God is jealous is an of import Biblical principle. 

For 1 thing, jealousy is non necessarily a negative trait.

Like a loving married adult man is jealous for his wife's affection unwilling to portion her alongside other men, God is jealous for our affection unwilling to portion us alongside other gods.

Secondly, our jealously may hold out contaminated past times pride or envy. But God's jealousy is pure too loving. 

It's impossible for God to hold out arrogant because arrogance agency thinking yous are improve than yous are. And God is improve than our superlatives. 

He's perfect, awesome, never wrong!

He's the perfect Father, Shepherd, Creator, Counselor, Helper.... 

We owe Him our ultimate love, faith, trust, too devotion. Giving God anything less is harmful to our human relationship alongside Him. 

To bring such a wonderful God jealous for our affections is something that should teach out us speechless!  
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God Tin Order The Axe Purpose Our Scars

“I desire to brand certain it’s non pare cancer,”  I said.

“It’s not,” the dermatologist said examining the tiny, barely-visible historic menstruum topographic point on my face, "But I tin ship away chop-chop in addition to easily freeze it off.”

“What are the side effects?” I asked, “I piece of work out for a mission trip inward ii weeks.”

“It volition hold out crusty for a duet of days.”

So I permit him produce it.

The side yesteryear side ii weeks I dealt alongside a large oozing blister from the second-degree burn.  And the injure required assist several times a twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum for 3 months more.

The scar I at i time conduct keep isn't every bit good bad in addition to mayhap it volition fade, but other scars on our lives are life-altering in addition to sometimes they appear to come about only every bit randomly, without alert or purpose.

That's i argue I honey the hope of Romans 8:28...knowing God tin ship away work whatever scar, mistake, or accident for my good...Just i of many comforting promises God gives us!

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3 Lies That Accept Our Focus Off God

Many articles focus on knowing how particular nosotros are to God. But I intend our existent occupation is realizing how particular God is to us.

These lies encourage a focus on ourselves:

1. I can't dear others until I offset dear myself.
This comes from a imitation interpretation of Mark 12: 30-31. 
See Loving Self First

2. I can't serve others until I experience whole as well as confident.
Serving others is oftentimes the best agency to arrive at confidence as well as joy (Philippians 2:3-4). 
See Beatin' the Blues  

3. God wants me happy.
God wants us sanctified as well as mature which brings joy, but non ever happiness (Hebrews 12:1-3).
See Happiness Lie.

Here are three solutions to these three lies:

1. Focus offset as well as initiatory of all on loving God (Matthew 22:36-40).

2. Treat others every bit nosotros desire to survive treated (Matthew 7:12).

3. Quit thinking as well as hence much well-nigh ourselves (Philippians 2:3-4).

Only when nosotros sympathise how particular God is to us, volition nosotros fully sympathise how particular nosotros are to God.
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4 Aspects Of Christian Growth

When was the final fourth dimension you lot were convicted of a sin?

We're all sinners, in addition to God regularly convicts us of sin, if we're listening.

God's conviction is constructive, exactly that doesn't hateful it doesn't convey an "ouch factor." If nosotros never experience an "ouch" when we're praying, nosotros demand to inquire ourselves if we're listening.

Christian increment is:

1. H5N1 PROCESS: It's called sanctification, in addition to it's the "working out of our salvation."
Philippians 2:12-13

2. PRODUCTIVE: There volition ever hold upward outward signs of inward changes.
Acts 26:20

3. PERSONAL: It involves dealing amongst personal sins in addition to beingness humbled personally.
1 John 1:8-10; James 4:8-10


4. PURPOSEFUL: It improves our witness, making us common salt in addition to lite inwards our world.
Matthew 5:13-16

Has God convicted you lot of sin lately? Have you lot asked God's forgiveness lately? 

If you're response is 'no' to these questions, you're in all likelihood non listening.
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Ask God to give you lot ears that hear (Mark 4:9).

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When Dear = Hate

Many people of influence inwards the Christian community are questioning God's love.

They create this when they redefine moral demeanour apart from the clear Scriptural guidelines. 

Everything God does is born of His dear for us.

Questioning, downplaying, ignoring, or contradicting God's commands is the same every bit doubting His dear together with wisdom.

Pastors, speakers, authors, together with musicians who redefine sin, are badly deceived. They remember they're existence loving to those involved inwards demeanour forbidden past times Scripture. But no 1 tin hold out to a greater extent than loving than God (1 John 3:1)


We powerfulness non sympathise God's pattern together with commands. But nosotros don't request to. All nosotros request to sympathise is God's perfect grapheme together with authorisation every bit our Creator.

Approving what God disapproves is a hate crime against God together with against those enslaved to sin. Let's pray that Christians inwards positions of influence volition clearly sympathise this. 

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