Tag: security

• Another Evil Queen

  1Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family. 2But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and she put him and…

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  December 22, 2025

  2 kings

  2 kings 11, athaliah, bible, evil, God, jezebel, joash, perspective, queen, rest, security

• The Idols of Compromise

  12Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse, 13who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways, 14who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil, 15whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways. 16Wisdom will save you also…

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  December 2, 2025

  proverbs

  adultery, approval, bible, comfort, compromise, devo, idol, idols, pleasure, proverbs 2, security

• Unless the Lord

  1Unless the LORD builds the house,those who build it labor in vain.Unless the LORD watches over the city,the watchman stays awake in vain.–Psalm 127 Here is the great tension between our efforts and God’s plan. Here are 7 thoughts that jumped out at me as I drink my first cup of coffee this morning.

  bradshawjoel

  September 13, 2023

  psalms

  bible, build, builder, christian, devo, devotional, effort, faith, focus, God, heart, hope, jesus, perspective, plan, prayer, protect, psalm 127, psalms, security, sovereign, theology, trust, watcher, work

• Forever Hope

  6…and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.—Psalm 23 I doubt that David had as nuanced of an understanding of the life to come as we do. Most of us grew up with the ‘everlasting life’ of John 3:16. But David seems to proclaim that Yahweh’s house provides both an identity and security. A…

  bradshawjoel

  June 24, 2023

  psalms

  bible, christian, david, devo, devotional, eternity, forever, funeral, God, graveside, hope, house, identity, jesus, john 3:16, perspective, psalm 23, psalms, security

• The Glad, Secure Heart

  8I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. 9Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. 10For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. 11You make known to me the path…

  bradshawjoel

  June 18, 2023

  psalms

  acts, acts 13, acts 2, bible, christian, david, faith, God, heart, hope, jesus, paul, perspective, peter, resurrection, satisfaction, security, self-talk, sheep, shepherd

• Outside-In or Inside-Out?

  6There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!” 7You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.–Psalm 4 David pictures some party goers grumbling about God. They were most likely many cups of wine…

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  June 14, 2023

  psalms

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• Two Abrams, One Chapter

  One of the reasons the Bible is so relevant is that even many of the featured characters are presented warts and all. Such is the case with Abram in Genesis 12. Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will…

  bradshawjoel

  March 13, 2023

  genesis

  abraham, bible, choices, christian, Ephesians 5:25, faith, genesis, genesis 12, God, heart, hebrews 11, husband, hypocrisy, sarai, security, selfishness, trust, vulnerability