by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | Temptation
Scripture reading: Matthew 4:1-11 There is no doubt in my mind that angels are present among us. On my family’s move from Maryland to Florida in the late 1980s, we knew from the very beginning that something was wrong with the moving truck we rented. From time to time...
by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | Temptation
Scripture reading: Matthew 4:1-11 It seems rather strange that waiting would be connected to temptation or food. On closer examination, however, waiting on God to provide food is not new. God provided manna and quail to the people of Israel en route from their...
by admin | Sep 23, 2013 | Sin, Temptation
Matthew 13:3 And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, ‘Behold, the sower went out to sow;Matthew 13:7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.’ One of the downfalls to buying a foreclosure home is neglected landscaping. We...
by admin | Oct 25, 2012 | Temptation
Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. (NASB) When...
by admin | Oct 11, 2012 | Temptation
Genesis 3:1-7 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Indeed, has God said, You shall not eat from any tree of the garden? The woman said to the serpent, From the fruit of the trees of the...
by admin | Feb 7, 2012 | Temptation
Too often, Scripture is read without putting ourselves in the circumstance or taking the time to consider the brevity of the words being conveyed. A good example of this is Genesis 3. In this account, Eve is tempted by the serpent. Temptation is not out of the...