manipulators

“My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a...

John 8:1-11 ESV But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him...

Psalms 37:12-15 ESV “The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming. “The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright...

I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Philippians 3:2 ESV “Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.” A dog is considered to be someone despicable, who...

I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Titus 1:7-9 ESV “For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but...

An Original Work / July 2, 2022 Men play games, and it’s insane What they in pride do hope to gain. Full of tricks and trips and pride They now take others for a ride. Liars plenty in disguise, They’re not so very, very wise. Hide their motives, truth not tell, Manipulating men to hell. Evil...

An Original Work / June 28, 2022 Platitudes in magnitude, Tasteless, lifeless, wishy-washy, Tired and worn out, old and musty, Great in size and mushy-gushy. Have no meaning, take no stance, Here or there just happenstance, Say whatever, take a chance, Entertain them, do your dance. Lies a...

Matthew 10:24-25 ESV “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.” What...

An Original Work / March 28, 2022 Once upon a time in fairytale land, Grand masters laid out their careful plan. Deception was what it was about, Trick people and leave not one to doubt. Tell tales as though they are the truth. Be charming, as well as be uncouth. Play acting as though what’s...

Philippians 3:2 ESV “Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.” Look Out for the Dogs The term “dog” is used here figuratively to denote someone who is a spiritual predator who feeds off others. They are the impure. They are workers of evil...

John 10:1-5,10 ESV “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own...

Minds and Consciences Defiled Titus 1:10-11, 15-16 ESV “For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.”...

The Lord is having me look this morning at the subject of hypocrisy, and he is leading me to read Matthew 23. But, it is a very long passage of scripture, so I am going to summarize it in a list of the characteristic traits of hypocrites, and then I will share Jesus’ words of correction and...

Ephesians 4:25-32 ESV Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. Let the thief no longer steal, but...

Friday, February 10, 2017, 10:07 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “My Sheep.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Titus 1 (NASB). Bondservants of Christ (vv. 1-4) Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the...