Every Word – The Perils of Success
Success can be failure.
“He said, ‘This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.’”
– Luke 12:18 KJV
Success can be failure.
“He said, ‘This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.’”
– Luke 12:18 KJV
No matter what… “But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.” – Matthew 13:20-21 (NKJV)
Christianity is supposed to be practical. “And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful.” – Titus 3:14
Credit card statements? “Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and…
She celebrated too early. “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”…
[Galatians 1:17] Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
They hadn’t done anything wrong. “Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” – Revelation 2:10 (NKJV)