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The sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which the child of God rests his head at night, giving perfect peace. Charles H. Spurgeon

The only reason I'm not living in fear from what the media has to say, is because I've read what the Bible has to say....

Seek the Lord and you will find Him.

STRONG marriages fight together, not against each other! ⚔️🕊️ Stand united against challenges and the enemy’s schemes! Eph 6:12 💪 What are you fighting for as a team? #StrongMarriage #June

Dear son, Patience is a powerful marriage weapon ⏳ Wait with grace. Speak with kindness. Grow in love. 'Love is patient, love is kind' (1 Cor 13:4). Where do you need more patience this week? #FathersWords #PatientLove #June

When a man marries, his wife becomes his standard of beauty. Not Instagram. Not p*rn. Not the world. Not his memories. Her. Her smile. Her shape. Her laugh. God didn't call you to compare. He called you to cherish. Be a husband who reflects Christ's love for His bride.

Dear Daughter, Keep romance alive in everyday moments 💕 Notes. Compliments. Gentle touch. Shared dreams. Small things keep love strong in every season. 'Rejoice with the wife of your youth' (Prov 5:18) — and let him rejoice. What small act of love can you do today? #DearDaughter #EverydayRomance #StrongMarriage @StudyBibleFam

Outside of Christ, God is a consuming fire, in Christ, God is a reconciled Father. Matthew Henry

There in the ground His body lay, Light of the world by darkness slain: Then bursting forth in glorious day Up from the grave He rose again! And as He stands in victory Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me For I am His & He is mine – Bought with the precious blood of Christ

While I draw this fleeting breath, when mine eyes shall close in death, when I soar to worlds unknown, see Thee on Thy judgment throne, Rock of ages cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee.

DAY 16: What can we learn about the Holy Spirit’s special role from the Book of Acts? https://telegra.ph/DAILY-BIBLE-06-16

June 16 - Wrong Judgment: An Erroneous View of God #LifeOfChrist “‘Do not judge so that you will not be judged’” (Matthew 7:1). Believers are not to make unrighteous and unmerciful judgment on others because it manifests a wrong view of God. With the phrase “so that you will not be judged,” Jesus reminds the scribes and Pharisees that they are not the final court. To judge another person’s motives or to stand in the place of condemnation is to play God. “For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son” (John 5:22). During the millennial kingdom Christ will share some of that judgment with us (Matt. 19:28), but until that time we blaspheme God whenever we take the role of judge on ourselves. “Who are you to judge the servant of another?” asks Paul. “To his own master he stands or falls” (Rom. 14:4). Paul was little concerned about how other people judged him, nor was he concerned about how he judged himself. “I am conscious of nothing against myself,” he says, “yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord” (1 Cor. 4:4). Except as they may be continually teaching false doctrine or following standards that are clearly unscriptural, we are never to judge a person’s ministry, teaching, or life—and certainly not his motives—by some self-styled standard. Whenever we assign people to condemnation without mercy, we pass judgment that only God is qualified to make. Our Lord does not call for men to cease to be examining and discerning, but to renounce the presumptuous temptation to try to be God. Ask Yourself Why is the desire to judge and size up such an alluring appetite of ours? What does our tendency to enjoy it tell us about ourselves? What would need to occur inside before we saw an increased resistance to practice it?

Some men are waiting to "feel motivated" before becoming disciplined. That day rarely comes. Spiritually mature men learn to obey God even when they don't feel like it. They pray when they are tired. They open Scripture when distracted. They lead when life is heavy. They repent when pride wants to defend itself. Discipline is often doing what is right long after the emotion to do it has faded.

June 16: Not Perfect? #Devotional Ezra 1:1–2:70; 1 John 3:5–10; Psalm 106:1–15 Sometimes sin can discourage us to the point that we loathe ourselves. At first glance, John’s letter seems to encourage this. Addressing a struggling church community, John seems to call for perfection: “And you know that that one was revealed in order that he might take away sins, and in him there is no sin. Everyone who resides in him does not sin. Everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him” (1 John 3:5–6). Does this mean that people who struggle with sin are unable to know God? In his letter, John is actually addressing the false idea that was rampant in the community he addressed—that Christ’s sacrifice had covered sin, and therefore it was permissible to keep sinning. This is an issue that Paul addresses in his letter to the Roman Christians: “Should we go on sinning then, that grace may increase? May it never be!” (Rom 6:2). John answers the same way. He’s not saying that any sin indicates an inability to know God—he’s addressing the heart of the practice of sin (1 John 3:8). Unchecked sin is an offense against God—it’s rebellion against Him and an attack on His character. Before we were brought into relationship with God, we were characterized by enslavement to sin. Through Christ’s sacrifice, we’re in relationship with Him, and our lives begin to reflect our new identity in Him. What should our lives look like now? John gives us an idea later in the chapter: “Everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, namely, the one who does not love his brother” (1 John 3:10). Instead of rampant disobedience, then, the practice of “the children of God” is righteousness and love for others. Though sin is still present in our lives, and we may be discouraged by it, we are no longer defined by it. Rather, we desire a new type of obedience and love, which God works in us. Does your perspective on sin need to change? How can your actions reflect your freedom from sin?