Jeremiah 7:1-9 (NKJV) "The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the Lord!’” 3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 Do not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’ 5 “For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, 6 if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt,7 then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever."
8 “Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit. 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know, 10 and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’? 11 Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.
20 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.”
Many of us do things wrong. When we figure it out we repent and say we are sorry. We learn our lesson and change our ways. It's when we become stiff necked and decide we are going to do our own thing our own way, we end up in trouble; with God and with man.
Most of us reading this and living in the land of the free and the brave know the difference between right and wrong. I am not saying we always choose right, but we do know the difference. Many times we act out of our selfish heart and decide to do what we know is wrong because we want what we want. Other times we decide to do what is wrong because we are under pressure from those around us or we are afraid.
The bottom line is this. Our decisions are not limited to affecting us only. Our decisions affect others.
The decisions you make and the way you treat others have more impact than you may ever realize.
Speaker and New York Times best-selling author Andy Andrews shares a compelling and powerful story about a decision one man made over a hundred years ago, and the ripple effect it's had on us individually, and nationwide, today. It's a story that will inspire courage and wisdom in the decisions we make, as well as affect the way we treat others through our lifetime. Andrews speaks over 100 times a year, and The Butterfly Effect is his #1 most requested story.
In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state.
Let's begin to be the change we want to see. Let's begin by voting the Bible. Let's begin by obeying God the first time He speaks instead of choosing for ourselves what we want or what we think. Let's begin now!
Most of us reading this and living in the land of the free and the brave know the difference between right and wrong. I am not saying we always choose right, but we do know the difference. Many times we act out of our selfish heart and decide to do what we know is wrong because we want what we want. Other times we decide to do what is wrong because we are under pressure from those around us or we are afraid.
The bottom line is this. Our decisions are not limited to affecting us only. Our decisions affect others.
The decisions you make and the way you treat others have more impact than you may ever realize.
Speaker and New York Times best-selling author Andy Andrews shares a compelling and powerful story about a decision one man made over a hundred years ago, and the ripple effect it's had on us individually, and nationwide, today. It's a story that will inspire courage and wisdom in the decisions we make, as well as affect the way we treat others through our lifetime. Andrews speaks over 100 times a year, and The Butterfly Effect is his #1 most requested story.
In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state.
Let's begin to be the change we want to see. Let's begin by voting the Bible. Let's begin by obeying God the first time He speaks instead of choosing for ourselves what we want or what we think. Let's begin now!
32 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when it will no more be called Tophet, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Tophet until there is no room.33 The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. And no one will frighten them away. 34 Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. For the land shall be desolate.
Let's flap our wings of prayer for our nation today and for the children of tomorrow.
Do you feel emotionally overwhelmed by a problem, a situation, or a difficulty in your life? The Bible gives you a wonderful promise, "If God be for us, who can be against us" [Romans 8:31]? If God is on your side, who or what can defeat you? Our God is able to deliver us a thousand times or even ten thousand times from our enemies [Psalms 91:7].
In Mark 11:23 and Matthew 17:20, Jesus said that faith would remove a mountain. Maybe you have a mountain that needs to be removed from your life. If so, then the first place to start is with the Word of God. You have to know what the will of God is concerning a problem before you can overcome the problem.
The scriptures also states when God is fighting for you, "One man can chase a thousand [Joshua 23:10] and two shall put ten thousand to flight" [Deuteronomy 32:29-31]. You will be able to overcome obstacles a thousand times your strength with God's power and resources.
Do you feel emotionally overwhelmed by a problem, a situation, or a difficulty in your life? The Bible gives you a wonderful promise, "If God be for us, who can be against us" [Romans 8:31]? If God is on your side, who or what can defeat you? Our God is able to deliver us a thousand times or even ten thousand times from our enemies [Psalms 91:7].
In Mark 11:23 and Matthew 17:20, Jesus said that faith would remove a mountain. Maybe you have a mountain that needs to be removed from your life. If so, then the first place to start is with the Word of God. You have to know what the will of God is concerning a problem before you can overcome the problem.
The scriptures also states when God is fighting for you, "One man can chase a thousand [Joshua 23:10] and two shall put ten thousand to flight" [Deuteronomy 32:29-31]. You will be able to overcome obstacles a thousand times your strength with God's power and resources.
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