*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT GIVE ROOM TO SATAN.(6)* *Scripture Treasure.* Gen 4:7 *lf thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him..* *Insight and Highlight.* Jesus stands at the door. Satan and sin lie at the door *Scripture Commentaries.* While Jesus stands at the door of of our hearts and calls as He knocks waiting for those who will hear His voice and open, s

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT GIVE ROOM TO SATAN.(5)* *Scripture Treasure.* Heb 10:25 *Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.* *Insight and Highlight.* Paul hopes to encourage believers to avoid habitual abandonment of fellowship, though there may be occasional and necessary absences. *Scripture Commentaries.* Paul encourages that the more we approach the secon

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT GIVE ROOM TO SATAN.(4)* *Scripture Treasure.* Eph 4:27 *Neither give place to the devil.* *Insight and Highlight.* You can give room to Satan, if you talk too much! *Scripture Commentaries.* Jesus teaches us how quickly it can be possible that someone could speak and do the heart of God but quickly turn to speak what is not of God. Peter, in Matt 16:17 spoke the heart of God expressing Christ as the Son of God but soon spoke out of God's plan for J

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT GIVE ROOM TO SATAN.(3)* *Scripture Treasure.* 1 Cor 16:9 *What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?* *Insight and Highlight.* When your body becomes a temple of God, it can not be a shrine or coven for Satan. *Scripture Commentaries.* Sin desecrates the temple of God. When sin desecrates it, it changes from the temple of God to the temple of idols. Desecration is

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT GIVE ROOM TO SATAN.(2)* *Scripture Treasure.* Matt 12:24-29 *But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.* *And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:* *And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingd

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT GIVE ROOM TO SATAN* *Scripture Treasure.* Matthew 11:12 *And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.* *Insight and Highlight.* Take back what Satan has taken from you. Ever violent pursuit of Satan must be countered by an aggressive fight against him. *Scripture Commentaries.* Jesus spoke about John the Baptist as a man who did not compromise. He was bold, confrontation

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT BE WICKED.(6)* *Scripture Treasure.* Jer 13: 23 *Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.* *Insight and Highlight.* God can change all things but are wicked people willing to change? *Scripture Commentaries.* Jeremiah wrote in the same breath as Job. In both writers was the illustration of human wickedness, likened to both the natures of wild animals. While Job used the w

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT BE WICKED! (5)* *Scripture Treasure.* Matt 6:34 *Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.* *Insight and Highlight.* There is an evil for everyday but you do not have to be the evil. *Scripture Commentaries.* Jesus tells us that every day has its evil, Matt 6:34 but we do not have to be a source, perpetrator etc of such evil. It is important tha

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT BE WICKED! (4)* *Scripture Treasure.* Isaiah 26:10 *Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.* *Insight and Highlight.* You can not appease the wicked. *Scripture Commentaries.* Wickedness is stuck in the hearts of those who practice it. It is good you pray to God to send away any wicked person from you and/or if they operat

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT BE WICKED! (3)* *Scripture Treasure.* Gen 6: 5-6 *And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.* *And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.* *Insight and Highlight.* God has regrets over wicked people. *Scripture Commentaries.* Man's sin can only be summarized as wickedness. Those who are wicked are

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT BE WICKED. (2)* *Scripture Treasure.* 1 Kgs 1:5, 9,24-25, 28-38, 46-53. v5 *Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.* v9   *And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:* v24  *And Nathan said, My lord,

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *DO NOT BE WICKED!* *Scripture Treasure.* Job 11:12 *But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human".* *Insight and Highlight.* Why would you choose to be wicked? *Scripture Commentaries.* One of Job's miserable friends Zophar, gives an illustration of how wicked people may remain wicked, abominable and unrepentant for as long as they live yet remain unchanged to their last breaths. He paralleled the unchangeable wicked

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *NIGHTMARE AND 'PRAYERMARE'* *Scripture Treasure.* Ps 34:4 says *I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.* *Insight and Highlight.* You must be scared, distressed etc enough to pray. Let your nightmare drive you enough to pray rather than be afraid not to pray. *Scripture Commentaries.* A nightmare is a fearful, frightening or unpleasant dream. Prayermare can be described in two ways. First is that people who

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *WALKING FREE. (7)* *Scripture Treasure.* Ephesians 5:16 *Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.* *lnsight and Highlight.* Dream can be a seat of revelation about your past. *Scripture Commentaries.* Today we will look at the transition between what entails 'before salvation happens' and 'when it begins to happen'. There is something that usually happens between 'before something happens', when it begins to happen' and the present. What happened b

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *WALKING FREE. (6)* *Scripture Treasure.* Ephesians 5:16 *Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.* *Insight and Highlight.* The past is redeemed, not erased. *Scripture Commentaries.* We have been looking at one of the two sides of Paul in his discussion of his past. First was his ability to let go his past, his esteemed accomplishments and leaving them behind to move forward. Today we will look at the second side. Second was his past as a powerful

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *WALKING FREE. (5)* *Scripture Treasure.* Ephesians 5:16 *Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.* *Insight and Highlight.* We may not be able to refrain from the past but we can reframe it. *Scripture Commentaries.* Today as we continue on Paul's ability to let go his past, his esteemed accomplishments and leaving them behind to move forward, we will further look at how he and we can overcome our internal wrestling with his past. How can we really

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *WALKING FREE. (4)* *Scripture Treasure.* Ephesians 5:16 *Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.* *Insight and Highlight.* Past sins may hunt but they remain an opportunity to learn. They must not be seen as hunting shadows and sources of perpetual guilt.  *Scripture Commentaries.* Today as we continue on Paul's ability to let go his past, his esteemed accomplishments and leaving them behind to move forward, we will look at how he overcame and we c

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *WALKING FREE. (3)* *Scripture Treasure.* Ephesians 5:16 *Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.* *Insight and Highlight.* Though God has forgiven us, we often do not forgive ourselves. *Scripture Commentaries.* Yesterday, we looked at the two sides of Paul in his narration of his past. First was his ability to let go his past, his esteemed accomplishments and leaving them behind to move forward. Let us look further at what helped him. Paul knew Go

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *WALKING FREE. (2)* *Scripture Treasure.* 2 Cor 5:17 *Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new* *Insight and Highlight.* The past may still influence the thoughts of the believer, but must not subdue it. *Scripture Commentaries.* Yesterday we looked at the flesh. Today we will look at our pasts. Paul tells us that at conversion that all things are new. New image, new nature, new

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.* *WALKING FREE.* *Scripture Treasure.* 2 Cor 5:17 *Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new* *Insight and Highlight.* We can walk free with God as the redeemed though the flesh is not redeemed. *Scripture Commentaries.* We walk free when we walk with Him blameless and without sin, Gen 17:1. We are remade in God's creation the day we gave our lives to Jesus Christ. We are made free