{"id":49534,"date":"2018-10-04T03:08:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T08:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=49534"},"modified":"2018-10-04T03:08:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T08:08:07","slug":"20-worthless-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/20-worthless-men\/","title":{"rendered":"20. Worthless men"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Exodus 5:2\u00a0 <\/span>But Pharaoh said, \u201cWho is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.<\/p>\n

Psalms 10:4<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0In the pride of his face the wicked<\/p>\n

Psalms 14:1<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>The fool says in his heart, \u201cThere is no God.\u201d They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 1:22<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cHow long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?<\/p>\n

Romans 1:28<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.<\/p>\n

1 Samuel 2:12<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the LORD.<\/p>\n

John 16:3<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.<\/p>\n

Jeremiah 44:16-17<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAs for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 3:9<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How we can read these scriptures and not wonder if anything at all has changed in the world we live.\u00a0 <\/span>Culturally, socially, and educationally the door opens wider and wider to the gates of hell.\u00a0 <\/span>Fear of God has been replaced with man\u2019s own wisdom and denying God exists.\u00a0 <\/span>Love for God has been replaced with love of self also in denial of God existing.\u00a0 <\/span>Time in God\u2019s word has been replaced with, well everything else that busies our lives and keeps us from thinking about humbly serving, honoring, glorifying, following and obeying God.<\/p>\n

It is easy to get caught up in comparing ourselves to those who deny God and think we are better or not as bad.\u00a0 <\/span>We think by comparison that we are made right in God\u2019s eyes.\u00a0 <\/span>By comparing what we do and say to those who deny God we end up thinking wrongly about a God honoring life. Comparison is easy.\u00a0 <\/span>We don\u2019t need to do anything more and can still feel good about ourselves.\u00a0 <\/span>Instead of seeking God and desiring to know Him more and grow in understanding of Him, we sit idly by complacently thinking all is good.<\/p>\n

How can we be light unto a dark world if the light of Jesus Christ is not humbly and thankful remembered each moment of everyday?<\/p>\n

How can we be led by God if we neglect time in His word?<\/p>\n

How can we grow in faith, love, patience, mercy, grace, peace, rest, and joy if we don\u2019t know what precious promises are in His word?<\/p>\n

How can we warn others of God\u2019s judgement?<\/p>\n

How can we tell others of the Good News of Jesus Christ?<\/p>\n

The answer to each of these – be intentional in our daily commitment to seek and desire to honor God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exodus 5:2\u00a0 But Pharaoh said, \u201cWho is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, I will not let Israel go. Psalms 10:4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In the pride of his face the wicked Psalms 14:1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The fool says in his heart, \u201cThere is no God.\u201d They are … Continue reading “20. Worthless men”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8063,5890,1062,3629,404,1785,8065,8068,164,119,171,4,4936,7897,117,1952,8067,1626,2051,7517,1953,3898,8066,270,2332,8064],"class_list":["post-49534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-acknowldge","tag-bears-witness","tag-corrupt","tag-debased-mind","tag-deeds","tag-delight","tag-did-not-know-the-father","tag-do-not-hide-it","tag-evil","tag-fool","tag-good","tag-heart","tag-israel","tag-knolwedge","tag-obey","tag-pride","tag-proclaim-their-sin","tag-scoffers","tag-simple-ones","tag-sodom","tag-there-is-no-god","tag-voice","tag-we-will-not-listen","tag-wicked","tag-woe","tag-worthless-men"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49536,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49534\/revisions\/49536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}