Father, we ask that you give us a passion for the truth and not merely a hatred of falsehood. Keep us concerned for the spiritual health of people but open to your own rebukes from your mighty Word.

God is able to transform the hostile intentions of wicked people into blessings for His people.

Moses warned them [Israelites] that the leading spiritual danger they would face on entering the [promise] land would be forgetting the Lord. What adversity would not do, prosperity and satisfaction could. They were to be on their guard against spiritual lethargy.

God's loving discipline brings us face-to-face with our pride.

The believer who feels the agony caused by rebellion will grow to become the best intercessor.

Before we can pray for God's blessing, we should ask ourselves if our disobedience could hinder his blessing.

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.