The way to overcome the sin of lust is by greater delight in and pursuit of Jesus himself.
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September 5: I Loved You; I Love You Now
#Devotional
Hosea 11:1–12:14; Acts 5:1–42; Job 16:10–22
“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son” (Hos 11:1). This line is beautiful if read alone, but it is sad when read in context: “When I called them, they went from my face. They sacrificed to the Baals, and they sacrificed to idols” (Hos 11:2). It’s incredible how quickly we forget God’s mercy and provision. All too soon we return to putting our desires before His.
When we put things in front of God’s will—false gods and our own misguided ways (Baals and idols)—we thwart His will not only for our lives, but also for the lives of others. For each of us, God has a tremendous plan that also affects others, for His glory and for the betterment of the world. When we fail to seek His will, we neglect our faith and operate by our own agenda, setting His work aside.
Our missteps can have terribly painful consequences: “The sword rages in [my people’s] cities; it consumes [their] false prophets and devours because of their plans. My people are bent on backsliding from me. To the Most High they call, he does not raise them at all” (Hos 11:6–7).
We endanger ourselves when we backslide. Sin tears at our very souls. Yet God is loving. Unlike us, He doesn’t act out of vengeance but out of His perfect will: “I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; because I am God and not a mortal, the Holy One in your midst; and I will not come in wrath. They will go after Yahweh; he roars like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the sea” (Hos 11:9–10).
God’s goodness is not an excuse for our poor behavior; it’s the reason to run back to Him—our great lion. Let’s let Him roar against the darkness that seeks to capture our desires and our hearts. Let’s let Him push back. Let’s call upon Yahweh.
What circumstances in your life prompt you to call on Yahweh today? What are you battling against?
#Devotional
Hosea 11:1–12:14; Acts 5:1–42; Job 16:10–22
“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son” (Hos 11:1). This line is beautiful if read alone, but it is sad when read in context: “When I called them, they went from my face. They sacrificed to the Baals, and they sacrificed to idols” (Hos 11:2). It’s incredible how quickly we forget God’s mercy and provision. All too soon we return to putting our desires before His.
When we put things in front of God’s will—false gods and our own misguided ways (Baals and idols)—we thwart His will not only for our lives, but also for the lives of others. For each of us, God has a tremendous plan that also affects others, for His glory and for the betterment of the world. When we fail to seek His will, we neglect our faith and operate by our own agenda, setting His work aside.
Our missteps can have terribly painful consequences: “The sword rages in [my people’s] cities; it consumes [their] false prophets and devours because of their plans. My people are bent on backsliding from me. To the Most High they call, he does not raise them at all” (Hos 11:6–7).
We endanger ourselves when we backslide. Sin tears at our very souls. Yet God is loving. Unlike us, He doesn’t act out of vengeance but out of His perfect will: “I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; because I am God and not a mortal, the Holy One in your midst; and I will not come in wrath. They will go after Yahweh; he roars like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the sea” (Hos 11:9–10).
God’s goodness is not an excuse for our poor behavior; it’s the reason to run back to Him—our great lion. Let’s let Him roar against the darkness that seeks to capture our desires and our hearts. Let’s let Him push back. Let’s call upon Yahweh.
What circumstances in your life prompt you to call on Yahweh today? What are you battling against?
September 5 - Prayer for Harvest Workers
#LifeOfChrist
“‘Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest’” (Matthew 9:38).
“The Lord of the harvest” is a title of God that represents His role as the Judge of the unsaved—those who will stand before Him in the last day and be condemned to hell. We are to plead for Him to send workers who will lovingly warn them so they may be a part of those harvested to eternal glory.
The Christian’s first responsibility is not to go and start working as soon as he sees a need but to come to the Lord in prayer. Waiting on the Lord is a crucial part of serving Him. Before the disciples received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost they were not prepared to witness for Christ, and He therefore instructed them “not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, ‘Which,’ He said, ‘you heard of from Me’” (Acts 1:4).
It is possible to pray regularly for the salvation of a loved one, a neighbor, a friend, or a fellow employee and then to let our concern stop with our prayer. But when we earnestly pray for the Lord to send someone to those unsaved people, we can’t help becoming open to being that someone ourselves. It is possible to pray for someone’s salvation while keeping them at arm’s length. But when we sincerely beg the Lord to send someone to witness to them, we place ourselves at His disposal to become one of His “workers” in that ministry. Be prepared to take on that role.
Ask Yourself
Who among your family, your friends, or the associates among whom you’re thrust each day is in need of Christ’s saving touch? Name them in prayer today . . . and at every remembrance of them. And pray that the Lord would send someone His Spirit can use to bring conviction to their souls, even if that someone is you.
#LifeOfChrist
“‘Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest’” (Matthew 9:38).
“The Lord of the harvest” is a title of God that represents His role as the Judge of the unsaved—those who will stand before Him in the last day and be condemned to hell. We are to plead for Him to send workers who will lovingly warn them so they may be a part of those harvested to eternal glory.
The Christian’s first responsibility is not to go and start working as soon as he sees a need but to come to the Lord in prayer. Waiting on the Lord is a crucial part of serving Him. Before the disciples received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost they were not prepared to witness for Christ, and He therefore instructed them “not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, ‘Which,’ He said, ‘you heard of from Me’” (Acts 1:4).
It is possible to pray regularly for the salvation of a loved one, a neighbor, a friend, or a fellow employee and then to let our concern stop with our prayer. But when we earnestly pray for the Lord to send someone to those unsaved people, we can’t help becoming open to being that someone ourselves. It is possible to pray for someone’s salvation while keeping them at arm’s length. But when we sincerely beg the Lord to send someone to witness to them, we place ourselves at His disposal to become one of His “workers” in that ministry. Be prepared to take on that role.
Ask Yourself
Who among your family, your friends, or the associates among whom you’re thrust each day is in need of Christ’s saving touch? Name them in prayer today . . . and at every remembrance of them. And pray that the Lord would send someone His Spirit can use to bring conviction to their souls, even if that someone is you.
Just finished the Book of Isaiah.
How can anyone read that and still not believe Jesus is the Son of God?
How can anyone read that and still not believe Jesus is the Son of God?
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If you're in Christ, your name is permanently written in heaven.
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If Allah is so good, why are there so many Muslims fleeing to Christian countries?
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All creation groans with eager longing, for the revealing of the sons of God.
Romans 8:19
The homesickness is real.
Romans 8:19
The homesickness is real.
September 5 (Saturday)
"Dear Daughter,
Two farmers in one field move faster than one farmer in two fields.
Celebrate the seasons you and your husband have sown together — even the ones where nothing visible came up yet.
Joy is also a kind of watering.
'They who sow in tears shall reap in joy' (Ps 126:5, alt.).
What small joy can you water your marriage with today?
#DearDaughter #SowTogether #StrongMarriage
"Dear Daughter,
Two farmers in one field move faster than one farmer in two fields.
Celebrate the seasons you and your husband have sown together — even the ones where nothing visible came up yet.
Joy is also a kind of watering.
'They who sow in tears shall reap in joy' (Ps 126:5, alt.).
What small joy can you water your marriage with today?
#DearDaughter #SowTogether #StrongMarriage
Sep 5 (Sat) — RIDDLE-ORACLE
"The Threshing Floor: Where Wheat Becomes Bread"
Before wheat becomes bread, it must first be BEATEN. Not to destroy it — to free it. The threshing floor is a violent-looking mercy: stalks are struck again and again until the grain finally separates from the husk that never could have fed anyone. Ruth found her redeemer at a threshing floor, not a palace (Ruth 3:2-3). Take note — some of God's sweetest appointments are scheduled in the places that look like struggle. 🌾⚒️
Here is the deeper riddle folded inside the grain: the husk clings tightly, looks like part of the wheat, even protects it for a season — but it was never meant to stay. Some things your marriage carries look protective now — pride wearing the mask of "boundaries," silence wearing the mask of "peace" — but they are husk, not grain. They must be beaten loose before the bread can rise. 🔥
And after the threshing comes the winnowing — the wind that carries away everything that was never meant to nourish, leaving only what can become the Bread of your household, the sustenance that feeds your children's children. Ps 1:3 says the fruitful tree is planted BY the water, but scripture never promises it skips the wind. 🌬️
❓ What in your marriage right now looks protective but is actually husk — clinging, but never meant to stay?
❓ Are you resisting the threshing floor, or trusting that what's left after is what was meant to feed generations?
Let us search the Word together and find the grain hidden beneath the struggle.
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"The Threshing Floor: Where Wheat Becomes Bread"
Before wheat becomes bread, it must first be BEATEN. Not to destroy it — to free it. The threshing floor is a violent-looking mercy: stalks are struck again and again until the grain finally separates from the husk that never could have fed anyone. Ruth found her redeemer at a threshing floor, not a palace (Ruth 3:2-3). Take note — some of God's sweetest appointments are scheduled in the places that look like struggle. 🌾⚒️
Here is the deeper riddle folded inside the grain: the husk clings tightly, looks like part of the wheat, even protects it for a season — but it was never meant to stay. Some things your marriage carries look protective now — pride wearing the mask of "boundaries," silence wearing the mask of "peace" — but they are husk, not grain. They must be beaten loose before the bread can rise. 🔥
And after the threshing comes the winnowing — the wind that carries away everything that was never meant to nourish, leaving only what can become the Bread of your household, the sustenance that feeds your children's children. Ps 1:3 says the fruitful tree is planted BY the water, but scripture never promises it skips the wind. 🌬️
❓ What in your marriage right now looks protective but is actually husk — clinging, but never meant to stay?
❓ Are you resisting the threshing floor, or trusting that what's left after is what was meant to feed generations?
Let us search the Word together and find the grain hidden beneath the struggle.
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#StrongMarriage #StudyBibleFam
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Fathers, learn to say:
"I was wrong."
"Please forgive me."
"That was sin."
"Christ is still working on me."
Your children need that kind of strength and transparency.
"I was wrong."
"Please forgive me."
"That was sin."
"Christ is still working on me."
Your children need that kind of strength and transparency.
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Christ is still King.
His Word is still true.
His grace is still sufficient.
His promises still stand.
And He is in control.
Whatever today brings, walk with Him.
His Word is still true.
His grace is still sufficient.
His promises still stand.
And He is in control.
Whatever today brings, walk with Him.
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Trials and suffering are not signs that God has abandoned you. The Lord uses the hard times of life to test believers' faith and make them look like Jesus.
Trust his good plan even in the storm.
Trust his good plan even in the storm.
“My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart and to heal the broken one.” —John Newton
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Warn them.
“I beg you, father Abraham, to send him to my father’s house so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.” Luke 16:27–28
“I beg you, father Abraham, to send him to my father’s house so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.” Luke 16:27–28
Read the Bible with an open heart.
Stop making excuses for your sin.
Submit your life to God's will.
Run to Jesus.
This is the way to true life.
Stop making excuses for your sin.
Submit your life to God's will.
Run to Jesus.
This is the way to true life.
September 6: Faith for Every Moment
#Devotional
Hosea 13:1–14:9; Acts 6:1–15; Job 17:1–16
Sometimes it’s tempting to imagine ourselves as the hero of a dramatic scene where we’re called upon to give an account of our faith. But in real life, every action and every moment of our lives is a witness—even the ordinary ones. Stephen, a leader in the early church, knew this to be true.
Stephen was appointed by the apostles to care for widows in need because he was “full of faith and of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 6:5). People recognized his witness because he was faithful when no one was watching. His devotion brought him to a place of influence and leadership in the community.
But Stephen didn’t limit his witness to one area of leadership. In the next verses, we find him witnessing about Christ by performing great wonders and signs. That’s when he came under fire, and his response was above reproach: “And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking” (Acts 6:10). His opponents could not find a way to accuse him, so they resorted to spreading rumors (Acts 6:11). But even when Stephen stood accused before the Sanhedrin, he remained firm. Luke describes him as having “the face of an angel” (Acts 6:15), signifying that a sense of peace permeated his witness, where others might have been fearful or defensive.
It’s easy to think our witness matters only for world-changing events, but we’re in the spotlight all the time. Knowing this, we should be intentional about the way we interact in the small things and in the present time. Pray to be faithful, wise, and full of the Spirit for every moment.
How do you need to change your perspective on your witness?
#Devotional
Hosea 13:1–14:9; Acts 6:1–15; Job 17:1–16
Sometimes it’s tempting to imagine ourselves as the hero of a dramatic scene where we’re called upon to give an account of our faith. But in real life, every action and every moment of our lives is a witness—even the ordinary ones. Stephen, a leader in the early church, knew this to be true.
Stephen was appointed by the apostles to care for widows in need because he was “full of faith and of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 6:5). People recognized his witness because he was faithful when no one was watching. His devotion brought him to a place of influence and leadership in the community.
But Stephen didn’t limit his witness to one area of leadership. In the next verses, we find him witnessing about Christ by performing great wonders and signs. That’s when he came under fire, and his response was above reproach: “And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking” (Acts 6:10). His opponents could not find a way to accuse him, so they resorted to spreading rumors (Acts 6:11). But even when Stephen stood accused before the Sanhedrin, he remained firm. Luke describes him as having “the face of an angel” (Acts 6:15), signifying that a sense of peace permeated his witness, where others might have been fearful or defensive.
It’s easy to think our witness matters only for world-changing events, but we’re in the spotlight all the time. Knowing this, we should be intentional about the way we interact in the small things and in the present time. Pray to be faithful, wise, and full of the Spirit for every moment.
How do you need to change your perspective on your witness?
September 6 - The Apostles Sovereignly Commissioned
#LifeOfChrist
“Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority” (Matthew 10:1).
When Jesus summoned His twelve disciples, He was making more than a casual request. The word Matthew used is an intense term that means to call someone to oneself in order to confront him face-to-face. It is used of God’s calling the Gentiles to Himself through the gospel (Acts 2:39) and of His calling His chosen men and entrusting them to proclaim the gospel (Acts 13:2; 16:10). The vocabulary implies that this summoning was connected to an official commissioning to the Lord’s service.
Behind Jesus’ commissioning and training of the twelve disciples are several foundational facts. First, these men were chosen sovereignly by God. None of the twelve initiated the idea of following Jesus and becoming His disciples, much less His apostles. It was entirely God’s planning and doing. Mark tells us that Jesus “summoned those whom He Himself wanted” (Mark 3:13), and near the end of His earthly ministry Jesus reminded them, “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you” (John 15:16).
The men themselves were not consulted nor were any other men. Jesus’ only consultation was with His heavenly Father. Like Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, and all the prophets, the twelve disciples were chosen by God’s sovereign will and for His sovereign purpose, being foreordained to His service before the foundation of the world. That has always been God’s way. He divinely chose Israel, He divinely chose His prophets and His apostles, and He divinely chooses those today who become the leaders of His own Body, the church.
Ask Yourself
Have you routinely thought of God’s calling on your life as having this kind of urgency, intention, and purpose? Are there other priorities that are siphoning off the importance you should be placing on the tasks God has called you to accomplish in His service?
#LifeOfChrist
“Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority” (Matthew 10:1).
When Jesus summoned His twelve disciples, He was making more than a casual request. The word Matthew used is an intense term that means to call someone to oneself in order to confront him face-to-face. It is used of God’s calling the Gentiles to Himself through the gospel (Acts 2:39) and of His calling His chosen men and entrusting them to proclaim the gospel (Acts 13:2; 16:10). The vocabulary implies that this summoning was connected to an official commissioning to the Lord’s service.
Behind Jesus’ commissioning and training of the twelve disciples are several foundational facts. First, these men were chosen sovereignly by God. None of the twelve initiated the idea of following Jesus and becoming His disciples, much less His apostles. It was entirely God’s planning and doing. Mark tells us that Jesus “summoned those whom He Himself wanted” (Mark 3:13), and near the end of His earthly ministry Jesus reminded them, “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you” (John 15:16).
The men themselves were not consulted nor were any other men. Jesus’ only consultation was with His heavenly Father. Like Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, and all the prophets, the twelve disciples were chosen by God’s sovereign will and for His sovereign purpose, being foreordained to His service before the foundation of the world. That has always been God’s way. He divinely chose Israel, He divinely chose His prophets and His apostles, and He divinely chooses those today who become the leaders of His own Body, the church.
Ask Yourself
Have you routinely thought of God’s calling on your life as having this kind of urgency, intention, and purpose? Are there other priorities that are siphoning off the importance you should be placing on the tasks God has called you to accomplish in His service?
DAY 6: What difference would it make if the Resurrection of Christ never really happened?
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Reading for Today: Isaiah 3:1–4:6 Psalm 105:7-22 Proverbs 24:26-27 1 Corinthians 15:1-28 Notes: Isaiah 3:8 Jerusalem…Judah. The fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. was only a partial fulfillment of this prophecy. The final fulfillment awaits the times just prior…