Tag: Obedience

12
Apr

Divine Discipline

“Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.” Proverbs 10:17 Discipline enhances the quality of life and improves our living standard. This is exactly the reason why parents and schools emphasize on disciplining children from a young age. When the world disciplines us, it is only to ensure […]

07
Feb

Follow What is Good

1 Peter 3:13 NKJV “Who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?” What is good? The world might consider good and evil to be subjective but the Bible says otherwise. In Mark 10:18, Jesus says, “No one is good—except God alone”. It stands to reason that everything that […]

09
Oct

Obedience Leads to Wisdom

Proverbs 13:1 NKJV “A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.” The book of Proverbs in the Bible is filled with wise sayings. Some of them seem like common sense, but many others are divine principles that lead to a fruitful life. In today’s verse, we learn that […]

06
May

Obedience Brings Blessing

Deuteronomy 28:6 Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. What a beautiful blessing! Imagine yourself, walking in and out, every day as a blessing. Everything that you do glorifies God. If we read Deuteronomy 28:1, God says, “If we fully Obey His Commandments…. This blessing […]

02
May

Obedience with Undivided Heart

Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart! Psalm 119:2 One of the longest psalms as well as one of several acrostic poems in the Bible is Psalm 119. The anonymous psalmist who wrote this longest psalm pursued refuge from his oppressors and found strength by meditating on God’s […]

02
Apr

Thanksgiving and Obedience

Psalm 116:17-18 – “I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows to the Lord now in the presence of all His people.” Isn’t it wonderful when we make a call to a friend who picks up the phone and talks […]

21
Nov

Fear the Lord

Psalm 111:10 (NKJV) – The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever. When we know God for who He is, it is the dawn of our wisdom. As we grow in our relationship with God, we understand His nature […]

18
Nov

Learn and Be Wiser

Proverbs 9:9 – Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. Correcting or advising people brings out different reactions from them. Some think they know it all and insult the advice giver, admonishing them as a know-it-all or telling them to […]

10
Nov

HOLY SPIRIT GOD ABIDING IN US

1John 3:24“Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.“ 1 John 3 discusses the importance of being a child of God and living accordingly. Being a child of God expects from us […]

04
Jul

WHY OBEY GOD?

Deuteronomy 28:4 – “Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.”  This amazing promise of God which abound in blessings for us has everything to do with our obedience to Him. Our God […]