Genesis 4:7 (NKJV) 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” Sin would love to rule us all. And it can if we let it. If we yield to … Read more
Isaiah 40:29 (NKJV) 29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. It is usually easy to spot the weaknesses of others just by watching them, or hearing them speak at times. Doing this, it doesn’t usually take long to see where others may be weak. But … Read more
Psalm 19:12-13 (NLT) 12 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. 13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin. As David contemplated his relationship with God, he addressed his … Read more
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NKJV) 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some … Read more
James 4:7-8 (NKJV) 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. I recently watched a short video of a woman who was talking about people who struggle for long periods of time with specific sins. In her video, she compared this with crucifixions. Her analogy described the long, torturous … Read more
Romans 7:17 (NKJV) 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. When we become a child of God, we are born again!! We are saved and have eternal life. Some people may say, “well, I still feel like the same person. I still do some of the same … Read more
Romans 7:20 (NKJV) 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. We all wrestle with making the right choices. It’s part of human nature. The Bible calls it “the sin nature” or “the sinful nature”, depending on which … Read more
James 1:21 (NKJV) 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. As frail human beings we constantly battle our flesh and its desire to sin. God doesn’t expect us to be perfect and sinless. But He does expect us to live by … Read more
Psalm 139:23-24 (NKJV) 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Have we ever asked God to search us to see if there are any wicked ways in us? Oh, that is getting … Read more
Romans 6:1 (NKJV) 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Jesus shed His blood for us, died and rose again, to pay for our sins. He redeemed us by His blood. Because of that blood being shed, we were given the opportunity to be made new in … Read more