To disobey or obey

Has God ever told you to do something but you did not obey him? You wanted to do your own thing.

Jonah was told to go to Nineveh but he chose not to and went to Tarshish. For his disobedience he was thrown overboard the ship and was in the belly of a whale for 3 days and 3 nights.
Jonah

There is punishment when we decide not to obey God.

Courageous

Daniel was asked to stop praying to the One true God and pray to the god of King Radius. Since Daniel disobeyed the law King Darius sent out so Daniel was thrown into a den of hungry lions. God kept Daniel safe. When the king went to check on Daniel he was kept safe and no harm was done so King Darius made a new law and everyone was to pray to the One true God who alone deserves our worship.
We must be courageous and do the right thing because God is watching over us.
Daniel 6

Jesus

Jesus is God's Son. He came to suffer much for you and for me! He was betrayed. He was beaten and bruised for you and me!
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our inquiries; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him and by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5
Jesus loves you so much and has great plans for you!

Fear Not

Are you dealing with fear?
Are you afraid of the future?
Are you seeking for peace in a situation?

For God has not given us a spirit of fear. but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
 2 Timothy 1:7

The opposite of fear is faith.
We have have power to walk in love and be at peace in the midst of any storm we may face.

Paul worked hard for the Lord. He was put in prison. He had 39 lashes to him 5xs. He was beaten with rods three times. He was shipwrecked. He was stoned. Paul faced so much opposition but trusted God through it all with a sound mind.

Bible Hereos

Do you have a certain Bible character that stands out to you the most? There are so many great men and women of God that did great things for God in their time.
Here are a few:

Susanna- Luke 8:2-3. She was healed by Jesus both physically and spiritually. She served as a servant for the Lord.

Tabitha- Acts 9:36 [Full Chapter]

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor.

 

Anna-

Luke 2:36-38 [Full Chapter]

There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

 

Ruth-The book tells of Ruth's accepting the God of the Israelites as her God and the Israelite people as her own. In Ruth 1:16-17, Ruth tells Naomi, her Israelite mother-in-law, "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.

 

I find these woman as unsung hereos as they all did great things for God. Sometimes it is hard to do things for God, but we must be obedient unto the Lord. AS we are obedient He will carry us through.

 

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