'We Should Not Despise.'
a) Genesis 16:4-5. As Hagar despised Sarah.
b) Genesis 25:34. As Esau despised his birthright.
c) Numbers 15:31; Proverbs 14:2; Ezekiel 16:59. The Lord's Word.
d) 1 Samuel 10:26-27. As the evil men despised their king.
e) Job 36:5. God despises no-one.
f) Psalm 22:6; 2 Peter 2:10. Our leaders.
g) Psalm 106:24. The pleasant land.
h) Psalm 107:11. The plans of the Most High.
i) Proverbs 3:11. The Lord's Discipline.
j) Proverbs 14:21. Our neighbour.
k) Proverbs 15:20; 23:22. Our mother.
l) Proverbs 15:32. Ourselves.
m) Matthew 6:24. God, for the sake of money.
n) Matthew 18:10. Little children.
o) 1 Corinthians 11:22. The Church of God.
(This QT reminds me that I should not despise)
PRAYER: To be free from the despising of other people.
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'What It Means To Be Set Free.'
Romans 8:2.
a) Through Christ Jesus
b) The Law of the Spirit Who gives life
c) Has set me free
d) From the law of sin and death.
(This Second one explains What It Means To Be Set Free)
PRAYER: For the desire To Be Set Free when we need it.
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Chris.
When God gives us a home and a pleasant land we should not despise them. Sometimes we 'miss' our family ancestral home town or nation, if we do that we need to come to God with our Prayer, rather than to become negative toward the place where we currently live. Because we are God's Children, and He leads us, we should not complain as His Old Testament people did.
