Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”“Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve…
Month: September 2022
Jesus’s 2nd Temptation
Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say,‘He will order his angels to protect you.And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a…
Jesus’s 1st Temptation
Three common patterns are seen in Jesus’s temptation, and Eve’s – as well as in ours. The first is this. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.During that time the devil came and said to…
That 1st Lie
God can make good use of all that happens, but the loss is real. C. S. Lewis “We’ve fallen for the devil’s lie. His most basic strategy, the same one he employed with Adam and Eve, is to make us believe that sin brings fulfillment. However, in reality, sin robs us of fulfillment. Sin doesn’t…
The Original Temptation
We all know the story of The Fall, how our first parents were tempted and failed. This is how the Amplified Bible, Classic Edition tells it. God’s instructions were, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not…
A Choice
“Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities.It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend…when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our livesbut are grateful for the abundance that’s present—love, health, family, friends, work,the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us…
Living Abundantly
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. Tom Waits ********** Fear of the future makes people settle for things in the present that completely defy Abundant Life. Beth Moore ********** Not what we have but what we enjoy,…
Autumnal Equinox
While the meteorological start of fall coincides with the start of September, the astronomical start of fall isn’t until 8:03 PM CDT, on Sept. 22, the start of fall in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere. Fact The Autumn Equinox is caused by the tilt of the earth. Contrary to popular belief,…
More “Abundance”
How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. Psalm 36:7-9 NIV The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too…
“Abundant”
ABUNDANT: existing or available in large quantities; having plenty of ********** After yesterday’s post, I began to think about “abundant.” Does the Bible use that word anywhere else? Well, yes. In the beginning, God created abundantly. In Genesis 1, we read that “the earth sprouted and abundantly produced vegetation” (v 12 Amp), and the waters swarmed and…