Tag: recovery
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Lot Wanted Comfort
15As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.” 16But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him…
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Mocking Jesus
16And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. 17And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19And they were striking his head with…
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What are you neglecting in your life?
33Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.—Proverbs 8 In my pastoral role I oversee support and recovery groups at my church. And I was the special guest at a men’s purity support group last night. I gave the room instruction from the Bible to take the purity journey seriously. I then challenged…
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Four Stages of Moral Decline
1After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the LORD, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” 2The LORD said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.” –Judges 1 The first verses of Judges show us the right choice when faced with uncertainty: inquire…
Joel M Bradshaw 