Tag - Anger

Can You Stay The Way You Started For The Lord?

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Samuel 11:6 When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger. O-bservation: Saul had been told that the Ammonites, who were Israel’s enemies, had threatened their brothers in Jabesh-Gilead. The people of Jabesh were from the half-tribe of Manasseh. They asked the leader of the Ammonites to make a treaty with them, and they would serve them. But the leader of the Ammonites said, “I’ll make a treaty with you after each man lets us gouge out his right eye!” They had seven days...

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The Bottom Line On Eternal Life

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: John 5:24 "Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." O-bservation: In this fifth chapter of the Gospel of John, once again Jesus has come under fire for healing a person on the Sabbath. The religious leaders chased Him down and gave Him major grief for having disgraced the Sabbath. Jesus said, “Those of you who will hear me, and believe the one who sent me (God), will not be judged...

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He Loves Us Too Much!

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Hosea 11:8b "My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused." O-bservation: God’s anger had burned toward Israel for her many idolatries. But in the middle of all His proclamations, He stopped and said, "How can I do this, I love you too much to destroy you!" A-pplication: It's hard not to relate this passage to my relationship with my sons. If you're a parent, like me, I'm sure there were times you just wanted to _______ (fill in the blank) ... your kids! But in the end you loved them too much! In...

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JESUS: He’s Greater Than You Think!

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Psalm 86:15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. O-bservation: The Psalmist could only write what he knew about the Lord. He simply said that our great God is compassionate and gracious. He said He's slow to anger and abounds in the attributes of Love and Faithfulness. A-pplication: Living in the western part of the world, news is readily available as it happens. So much of it, however, is biased by political opinion. You hear folks on both the Left and the Right complain about the...

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