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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2019 15:59:58 GMT -5
It’s Slippery Out Here! By: David H. Roper
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Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil. Psalm 141:4
Today's Scripture & Insight: Psalm 141 Years ago, when I was learning to ski, I followed my son Josh down what appeared to be a gentle slope. With my eyes on him I failed to notice he turned down the steepest hill on the mountain, and I found myself careening down the slope, completely out of control. I cratered, of course.
Psalm 141 shows how we can easily find ourselves slipping down sin’s slope. Prayer is one of the ways we stay alert to those slopes: “Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil” (v. 4) is a plea that echoes the Lord’s Prayer almost exactly: “Lead [me] not into temptation, but deliver [me] from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13). In His goodness, God hears and answers this prayer.
And then I find in this psalm another agent of grace: a faithful friend. “Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness; let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it” (Psalm 141:5). Temptations are subtle. We’re not always aware that we’re going wrong. A true friend can be objective. “Faithful are the wounds of a friend” (Proverbs 27:6 nkjv). It’s hard to accept rebuke, but if we see the wounding as a “kindness” it can become an anointing that puts us back on the path of obedience.
May we be open to truth from a trusted friend and rely on God through prayer.
Reflect & Pray What slippery slopes do you gravitate toward? In what ways can you set a guard over your heart?
Father, please keep my feet from straying. Help me to listen to You and good friends.
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Post by John on Sept 3, 2019 21:17:35 GMT -5
It is better to heed a warning than to find yourself harmed. That is why I never understood those who prefer to walk blindly down the broad road to hell, rather than listen to warnings about the dangers up ahead if they don't stay on the narrow road to life.
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Post by 2fw8212a on Sept 4, 2019 5:38:40 GMT -5
...That is why I never understood those who prefer to walk blindly down the broad road to hell, rather than listen to warnings about the dangers up ahead if they don't stay on the narrow road to life.
Because they do not believe they are going to hell.
They believe that somehow they will get to heaven or will cease to exist, or will have another chance.
“No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.” - Isaiah 59:4
“He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me,
and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.” - Luke 10:16
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