Not to Destroy

This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place. — Jeremiah 7:3

We often take for granted what we have, where we live, the friends who bless our lives, and the family that gives us a place to belong and grow. All of these are gifts to us from God. We don't deserve them. We don't earn them. But, we can surely destroy them. God wants us to live obediently, not just to please him, but also to protect ourselves and those we love. So let's reform our actions and live for him and not for ourselves.

Bear 

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not give false testimony  against your neighbour.

Proverbs 18:14

The human spirit can endure in sickness,

 but a crushed spirit who can bear?

Isaiah 53:11

After he has suffered, 

 he will see the light  of life and be satisfied;

 by his knowledge my righteous servant  will justify  many,

 and he will bear their iniquities.

Amos 5:19

It will be as though a man fled from a lion

 only to meet a bear, 

 as though he entered his house

 and rested his hand on the wall

 only to have a snake bite him.

Thought 

. He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day. - John Bunyan

. Jesus Christ is the meeting place of eternity and time, the joining of deity and humanity, the junction of heaven and earth. – Unknown

[Message No: 7966]