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Stories of the Bible
We hold back our earnings for ourselves because we earned it.
Yet you don’t realize the whole blessing is from God.
Honor God with what you have and give Him the first of your earnings, not what’s left over.
Proverbs 3:9 (KJV) – honour the Lord with thy substances, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.
No matter what plans you make, God will orchestra it.
He is in control.
Proverbs 16:9 (KJV) – a man’s heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directed his steps.
Satan temps you in your needs and desires and makes you believe what you already have is not enough.
God makes a way for you to escape the temptation.
I Corinthians 10:13 (KJV) – there hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Believe in what you ask for before you receive it.
That’s faith.
Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) – now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Gifts are freely given.
You don’t have to work for them.
So is God’s grace toward you.
Ephesians 2:8 (KJV) – for by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.
When you live your life that’s pleasing to God, He will make your enemies be at peace with you.
That’s favor.
Proverbs 16:7 (KJV) – when a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Uncontrolled anger escalates an argument.
Controlled anger brings peace.
Keep your anger under control.
Proverbs 15:18 (KJV) – a wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Mercy is not just for yourself and loved ones, it’s for everyone.
Show mercy outside of your circle.
Luke 6:36 (KJV) – be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
We sometimes wonder how we’re going to make it through a storm.
God carries you.
When you’re weak, He is strong.
II Corinthians 12:10 (KJV) – therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
God calls us little children because we act like we don’t know any better.
He said, we are not to have idols.
Therefore, stay away from them.
I John 5:21 (KJV) – little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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