Guile is defined as craft, cunning, duplicity, and deceit. It is found in the man and is manifested by what he says. Ps 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. So, it is in you, in your...
Your lips are the gate keepers of your mouth. They can either let bad and untoward things come forth from your mouth or they can be used to bring forth good and beneficial things. Therefore, you need to watch your lips. There are many different kinds of lips that we...
There are some things that don’t go away on their own and God doesn’t deliver you from them. You have to put away these people or things in your life. Put away: A wicked person – 1 Cor 5:13. In the context of v.11, we are not to keep...
The theme of VBS this year is God’s Mercy. And the Bible story is from the book of Jonah. Right before Jonah was delivered to Nineveh by ‘whale mail’, he said, “They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy”, Jon 2:8. Lying vanities found in Jonah are: That you...
Against the Prophetesses In Ezek 13:17-23, the Lord told Ezekiel to set his face against the prophetesses. God gave him a prophecy against the prophetesses, because they had been lying to his people. Their prophecies had come out of their own heart; they were not from the Lord. Ezekiel Prophesied...
In Eph 4:20-32, Paul gave us very practical instructions about the Christian life. He told us to put off the old man and to put on the new man. We must put off the old man because he is “corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,” Eph 4:22. We are...
Flattery Ps.12:1-4 Flattery is the act of praising someone. The sincerely of this act is what determines its worth. This verse states that when done in this way it is vanity, or worthless. Often we flatter someone because you want something from them, the Bible has a lot to...
The Rebellious Children CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The first part of Isaiah 30 is about the rebellious children of Israel who run to Egypt for protection only to find that the nation on whom they depend can’t help them. Only the Lord can help them and yet they will not...
Things God Hates Zec.8:16-17 Zechariah was told by the Lord in this passage that there are some things God hates. If we really want to please God we need to take heed to the things God hates. Some times we don’t realize that what we consider a small fib or...
Abominable Wickedness Prov. 15: 9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The way of the wicked [Hollywood, worldliness, cheating, covetousness, etc.] is an abomination unto the Lord – today we are going to look at some things that the Lord specifically states are abominable to him – avoid these things like the plague...
