So You and Your Children May Live

For our morning devotions, we have been trying to each share a Scripture verse and what it meant to us. If you have a particular verse and thought you would like to share put it in a comment on this blog.

Joel
Jeremiah 46:22
20"Egypt is a pretty (AU)heifer,
But a horsefly is coming (AV)from the north--it is coming!
…
22 “Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on like an army
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.

Listen to God because He came to Jeremiah to give warning. If we listen to God, he will give warnings and direction.

-- Listen right.

Josh
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.

God will open doors if you acknowledge God when people praise you and include God’s direction in your planning.

-- Speak right.

Solomon

Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the manger is clean,
But much revenue comes by the strength of the ox.

Abundance brings work. Work brings abundance.

-- Act right

Ouida

Mark 1:41
Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed."

I see my need to have more compassion.

-- Think right

Gerry
Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.

Today’s choices are vitally important. Our life is not predetermined. God gives us real choices which lead to consequences – real blessings or real curses. But, He wants us to choose right. He begs us, “Choose life, so that you and your children may live!”

-- Chose right, chose life

“I am the way, the truth and the life.” – Jesus