“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.” -Hebrews 12:14
We do not pray for a life set apart from suffering, we pray for a life set apart from sinning.
-Kevin DeYoung via Twitter
“We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.” – Numbers 11:5
Sin wants you to forget how much it costs.
“We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost us nothing.” – Num. 11:5
The Israelites longed to go back to Egypt because they looked on their former slavery with rose-colored glasses.
Sin assures you that its pain was worth its pleasure.
-Garrett Kell via Twitter
“And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.” -Hosea 13:2
Once sin starts, it starts swelling. It is serious and is not something to dabble in. If you start getting into sin just a little bit, it will wrap around you tighter and tighter until you are bound. However, God’s Word offers hope. He is your Help.
-Steve Wainright (excerpt from Wednesday night’s sermon from Hosea 13: “Sin Will Swell“)
“You shall have no other gods before Me.” -Exodus 20:3
“Sinning is any feeling or thought or speech or action from a heart that prefers anything to God.” -John Piper via Desiring God on Twitter
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