Morning by Morning devotions

If the fish wants to enjoy freedom outside the environment of water, it will die. Its freedom is limited within the water. The same is true of us; our freedom is always found within the limitations of what God has created us to be and become. Yes! our freedom is limited within the will of God. Free-dom like king-dom operates within a certain domain. True freedom has limits and boundaries.  We see this playing out for the first time in  Genesis 2:16-17   And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;  17 "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."   Adam and Eve ignored these guidelines and we all have felt the serious consequences of that one mistake. In today's devotion I'll address a few issues in our society where many have overstepped their bounds all in the name of freedom. On sexual purity,  Hebrews 13:4  say...

The only thing worse than bad health is a bad name ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez I remember growing up in a well-knit neighborhood where the elderly were allowed to correct and advise every young person irrespective. I remember in particular how all the parents in our estate unanimously warned all their children against one single boy whose name was always associated with evil. Such was the case with Balaam. This man was bad news!   His name in the scripture always brings a bad taste to the reader's mouth.  From Balaam's story in Numbers 22-24, we're taught in various places in the scripture to avoid:  a. The error of Balaam Jude 1:11  W oe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.   Balaam epitomized the sin of greed. The error of Balaam was that being a pagan prophet and an enemy of God, he believed that he could profit from doing the work of ...