I've crawled in the mud as an infantryman and under houses to spray pesticides. I lived in a single-wide trailer and drove a 3-cylinder car. We've since upgraded to a house and the 4-cylinder small vehicle we drive now. All I know is that I was just as happy then as I am now, content in Christ with the simple things in life.
Proverbs 23:4 KJV Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 23:5 KJV Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Most just mute and block my preaching these days.
Proverbs 23:9 KJV Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Corporal punishment of a child is biblically permissible and encouraged. Abuse is not.
Proverbs 23:13 KJV Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Colossians 3:21 KJV Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
One of the greatest hypocrisies I've witnessed from the pulpit is obese preachers who joke about gluttony and condemn wine.
Proverbs 23:20 KJV Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Proverbs 23:21 KJV For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Digital prostitution confirms every bit of this.
Proverbs 23:27 KJV For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs 23:28 KJV She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Alcohol and strange women never mix.
Proverbs 23:31 KJV Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Proverbs 23:32 KJV At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Proverbs 23:33 KJV Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
We're called to follow God, yet according to internet stats, porn consumption is among the top ten most visited sites in 'Christian' America.
Ephesians 5:1 KJV Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Ephesians 5:2 KJV And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Ephesians 5:3 KJV But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Well, there goes most of the internet, because thankfulness doesn't sell or get views these days. There's a reason The Jerry Springer show remained a top-rated show for many years.
Ephesians 5:4 KJV Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Most people don't take these words seriously anymore. Don't whine about the antichrist Jews if you're buying their antichrist products and services.
Ephesians 5:5 KJV For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Ephesians 5:6 KJV Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Ephesians 5:7 KJV Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
I haven't forgotten where I came from, and I don't want to go back. The fruit tastes much better on this side.
Ephesians 5:8 KJV For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Ephesians 5:9 KJV (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
I have seen a disgraced preacher brag about his conversion, baptism, and attendance stats as justification for his fall. Such justification greatly contradicts Scripture and is borderline blasphemous. Let's not forget that the Jerry Springer show is one of the top-rated shows of all time. People flock to disgraced preachers for the Jerry Springer show effect.
Ephesians 5:8-13 KJV For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Matthew 23:15 KJV Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Unless you're a MAGA Republican, then darkness is acceptable.
Ephesians 5:11 KJV And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
We are not called to be apathetic zombies, we are called to be risen saints.
Ephesians 5:14 KJV Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Ephesians 5:15 KJV See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Ephesians 5:16 KJV Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Nothing else matters, but the will of God.
Ephesians 5:17 KJV Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Drunkenness is an excess of wine, just as gluttony is an excess of food. Both are not conduct becoming of Spirit-filled Christians.
Ephesians 5:18 KJV And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Next time you're tempted to sin, take two of these and you won't sin.
Ephesians 5:19 KJV Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Ephesians 5:20 KJV Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Most women I've met, including my wife, don't have a problem submitting to a man who submits to the Lord. Men, don't submit to porn and then expect your wife to submit to your porn-inspired fantasies.
Ephesians 5:22 KJV Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:23 KJV For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Ephesians 5:24 KJV Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Ephesians 5:25 KJV Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 5:28 KJV So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
When our sons began to marry, we learned this more intensely. We were very close when they were growing up, and we had to learn to give their new families the space they need.
Ephesians 5:31 KJV For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Respect in marriage is a two-way street.
Ephesians 5:33 KJV Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
An army that stands against God is a defeated army, unless God is using that army to judge the nations.
Deuteronomy 20:1 KJV When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 20:2 KJV And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
Deuteronomy 20:3 KJV And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
Deuteronomy 20:4 KJV For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Warfare in the ancient Near East often involved total destruction, which we today term genocide. God, the giver of life and executor of death, is also the grantor of peace, which He has greatly extended to humanity, with the greatest being the sacrifice of His Son. Ancient Israel was chosen to bring His Son into the world, and no national or military threat could thwart this divine plan. However, modern genocidal actions attributed to Antichrist Israel, which contradict God’s peace, are unrelated to preserving God’s covenant and the peace fulfilled in Christ and will ultimately lead to their own demise.
Deuteronomy 20:10 KJV When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
Deuteronomy 20:11 KJV And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Deuteronomy 20:12 KJV And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
Deuteronomy 20:13 KJV And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
Deuteronomy 20:14 KJV But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
Anyone who adds a religious title to their name today, including 'pastor,' is automatically suspect until their actions prove otherwise. As for the titles themselves, toilet paper has more worth than religious titles of men. For instance, I just saw a ‘Rev. Dr.’ on video calling for the leveling of Palestine in accordance with Trump doctrine. Do the work of the office or shut up.
Jeremiah 12:10 KJV Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Jeremiah 12:11 KJV They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
Nations will fall or stand by the Name of Jesus Christ.
Jeremiah 12:16 KJV And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
Jeremiah 12:17 KJV But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
Father, help us to stand for Your Name today. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
