The Great Escape

If you search for good, you will find favor; but if you search for evil, it will find you! Proverbs 11:27 (NLT)    (Lord) You deal faithfully with the faithful; you show integrity toward the one who has integrity. You are pure toward the pure, but toward the crooked, you are tricky. 2 Samuel 22:26-27 (CEB)  God  will honor those who honor Him, and He will despise those who think lightly of Him. 1 Samuel 2:30 (NLT) If we don't joyfully serve God with genuine thankfulness, He'll punish us for it by bringing difficult people into our lives to oppress us (Deut. 28:47-48B).    The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us! He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!” Psalm 10:11 (NLT)  As the refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, the refiner of our hearts is the Lord. Proverbs 17:3.   I will remember the things the Lord has done. Yes, I will remember the powerful works of long ago. I will think of all Your ...

We know that God listens only to people who love and obey him. John 9:31A (CEV)   People are arrogantly indifferent to God— until, of course, they're in trouble, and then God is indifferent to them. There's nothing behind such prayers except panic; the Almighty pays them no mind. Job 35:12-13 (MSG) "His eyes see how people live. He watches every step they take. There isn't a dark place or deep shadow where those who do what is evil can hide. Job 34:21-22 (NIRV)   God always answers, one way or another, even when people don't recognize his presence. In a dream, for instance, a vision at night, when men and women are deep in sleep, fast asleep in their beds— God opens their ears and impresses them with warnings To turn them back from something bad they're planning, from some reckless choice, And keep them from an early grave, from the river of no return. Job 33:14-18 (MSG)   If God were to take back his spirit and withdraw his breath, all life ...

God created ears. Do you think he can’t hear?  He formed eyes. Do you think he can’t see? Psalm 94:9 (GW).  Keep in mind that God is watching and act accordingly, so things will go well for you (Deut. 6:18A).  God puts you through hard times to humble and test you. He does it to determine if you'll remain obedient to Him even to the point of death.  His game plan is to teach you that the key to your survival is by steadfastly obeying his word (Deut. 8:2-3).    Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us. Ecclesiastes 7:3 (NLT) On a good day, enjoy yourself; On a bad day, examine your conscience. God arranges for both kinds of days so that we won't take anything for granted. Ecclesiastes 7:14 (MSG)  Come and; hear anyone who has a genuine fear of God. Just listen to what God did for me. When I cried out to Him, I combined it with praise. However, I first purified my motives to purge...