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Abstinence is Weight Lifting for the Soul. Genesis 16:9.

Such abstinence actually characterizes the lives of mature believers: you constantly see opportunities or “open doors,” but you pray and God is silent and you realize you must persevere where you are: Keep that job. Stay at that church. Mend that relationship. Work out that marriage. You must ABSTAIN from the temptation to quit.

DO YOU BELIEVE GOD? Genesis 15:6

First, God told Abram “Go … to a land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation” Genesis 12:1-2. Later God spoke a second time: “To your offspring I will give this land” 12:7. Then He spoke a third time: “I will make your offspring like the dust of theContinue reading “DO YOU BELIEVE GOD? Genesis 15:6”

EATING: THE ORIGINAL SIN. Genesis 3:17.

Man’s first sin was wrong eating. I might have guessed it would be lying, hate, murder, or something immoral—not a snacking violation. I don’t take eating that seriously. Do you? But maybe we can learn something. It begins here: GOD IS THE PROVIDER. “The young lions roar and seek their food from God…. All [theContinue reading “EATING: THE ORIGINAL SIN. Genesis 3:17.”