Cleaning House

April 3, 2008

Judges 10:15-16 Webster
(15) And the children of Israel said to the LORD, We have sinned: do thou to us whatever seemeth good to thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
(16) And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.


When we decide to follow God we must let go of the things that we may want to hold on to. Unfortunately, holding on to them can only lead to problems. Here the people of Israel wanted God to deliver them. God told them no and to go pray to the gods that they had started to follow. It was only when they chose to get rid of the 'strange gods' and get right with God that they were able to get help from the Almighty.

Even when we have been with the Lord for years, we can fall into bad habits. We may want to hang on to unforgiveness, or keep our bad habits. You cannot go forward with God till start to clean up your act. I do, and you will have to also.


Read through the Bible in one year in Historical order
Today
Judges 10:1-12:15
Tomorrow
Judges 13:1-15:20
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