Tag: selfishness

• Take Up One’s Cross

  38And whoever does not take his cross and follow me [Jesus] is not worthy of me. 39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.–Matthew 10 I [Paul] have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And…

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  October 19, 2025

  matthew

  bible, cross, crucifixion, death, devo, galatians 2:20, God, jesus, life, Matthew 10, metaphor, paul, perspective, priorities, roman, selfishness, spiritual

• Ahab and Demon Worship

  29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria over Israel twenty-two years. 30Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him. 31He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of…

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  September 28, 2025

  1 kings

  1 kings 15, ahab, compromise, demon, demonic, devo, humility, idols, jericho, jezebel, Joshua 6, life, pagan, selfishness, worship

• Alive and Dead

  I [Jesus] know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.–Revelation 3

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  June 14, 2025

  revelation

  alive, bible, church, dead, devo, fruit of the spirit, hypocrisy, jesus, life, repent, reputation, revelation 3, sardis, selfishness, sin

• Rahab and Her Moment

  8Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof 9and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. 10We have heard how the Lord dried…

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  September 29, 2024

  joshua

  bible, devo, example, faith, God, heart, hebrews, hope, james, Joshua 2, lies, lying, perspective, rahab, righteousness, selfishness, trust

• Personal End-Times Questions

  17But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.–Jude

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  September 26, 2024

  Jude

  bible, christian, devo, division, end-times, eschatology, faith, God, heart, hope, jesus, mocking, perspective, questions, selfishness, trust

• Whose Eyes?

  2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.–Proverbs 21

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  September 21, 2024

  proverbs

  bible, devo, faith, God, heart, hope, judge, life, path, perspective, proverbs 21, selfishness, trust

• Secret Idols

  15“Cursed is anyone who makes an idol—a thing detestable to the Lord, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”–Deuteronomy 27 In context: Moses was giving warnings to the people about various sins just before they entered the Promised Land. Our verse pictures a person who claimed…

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  August 11, 2024

  deuteronomy

  addictions, bible, christian, Deuteronomy 27, devo, faith, God, habits, heart, hope, idols, jesus, perspective, selfishness, sin, trust

• Examples [1-minute read]

  63These are the ones counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. 64Not one of them was among those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Desert of Sinai. 65For the Lord had told those Israelites they…

  bradshawjoel

  May 24, 2024

  numbers

  1 corinthians 10, bible, caleb, christian, complaining, consequences, devo, distrust, examples, faith, fear, God, grumbling, heart, Israel, Jewish, joshua, Moses, paul, perspective, promised land, rejection, selfish, selfishness, sin

• Whose Opinion Matters Most? [1-minute read]

  2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.–Proverbs 21 I will speak of me here. Maybe this also speaks of you.

  bradshawjoel

  December 21, 2023

  proverbs

  bible, christian, faith, God, hashem, heart, Jewish, opinion, perspective, priorities, proverbs 21, pursuits, selfish, selfishness, wise

• Sovereign Inner Guidance

  36Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! 37Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.–Psalm 119 Here are five points I would like to make regarding this passage. Now I want you to ponder your story. Is there any lasting hope for you as…

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  September 4, 2023

  psalms

  bible, christian, desires, faith, God, guidance, heart, hope, inner person, Jewish, perspective, philosophy, psalm, psalm 119, self, selfishness, sovereign, theology