BIBLE BYTES -- The Bible is the GOAT! Verses and values from the Old and New Testaments!
Hurt feelings are the source of many problems in this world. Jesus was criticized from all directions. You will be too at times. It is God’s judgement that matters. Even Jesus turned criticism over to God. Do what is right and let God handle others and their criticisms.
1 Peter 2:23 (GNT) 3 When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge.
6/26/2022
It is said there are no atheists in foxholes. In daily life, Israel loved their idols but when trouble was near, they cried out to God to save them. He may prevent your trouble, save your life or forgive you, but you still need to reconcile and stay reconciled to God.
Jeremiah 2:27 (TLB) 7….They call a carved-up wooden post their father, and for their mother they have an idol chiseled out from stone. Yet in time of trouble they cry to me to save them!
6/19/2022
Having others you can pray with or talk about God with works because “two is better than one.” A regular time to discuss or be with others who want to move forward spiritually prepares you to receive from God that which you may not even know you need.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NIV) 9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 10 If either one of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
7/17/2022
There are times you are distraught, traumatized or confused. The Bible says to turn to God first and Exodus 14:15 shows the additional step: Continue forward or take a completely different path, but at the right time, you must, in faith, move on.
Exodus 14:15 (NIV) 15 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.
7/3/2022
Isaiah 31:4-5 describes the focus of a lion killing and eating a sheep and compares it to how God will defend you over your own negative thoughts, resistances, as well as attacks from others. See him hovering over you. God is not frightened away. He is always with you.
Isaiah 31:4-5 (TLB) 4-5 But the Lord has told me this: When a lion, even a young one, kills a sheep, he pays no attention to the shepherd’s shouts and noise. He goes right on and eats. In such manner the Lord will come and fight upon Mount Zion. He will not be frightened away! He, the Lord Almighty, will hover over Jerusalem as birds hover round their nests, and he will defend the city and deliver it.
6/12/2022
Joshua was beyond consolation when his army suffered losses in Ai. The reason was there was a sin in Israel that had to be rooted out that was compromising their strength. They were undermining God. If you are flailing, ask God if there is a sin you need to recognize.
Joshua 7:7-12 (TLB) 7 Joshua cried out to the Lord, “O Jehovah, why have you brought us over the Jordan River if you are going to let the Amorites kill us? Why weren’t we content with what we had? Why didn’t we stay on the other side? 8 O Lord, what am I to do now that Israel has fled from her enemies! 9 For when the Canaanites and the other nearby nations hear about it, they will surround us and attack us and wipe us out. And then what will happen to the honor of your great name?” 10-11 But the Lord said to Joshua, “Get up off your face! Israel has sinned and disobeyed my commandment and has taken loot when I said it was not to be taken; and they have not only taken it, they have lied about it and have hidden it among their belongings. 12 That is why the people of Israel are being defeated. That is why your men are running from their enemies—for they are cursed. I will not stay with you any longer unless you completely rid yourselves of this sin.
6/5/2022
