Today’s Devotional – August 24th (Sodom Rising! Part 3: “Heart Purification”)

By admin On February 2nd, 2021

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Today’s Devotional – August 24th

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Sodom Rising!

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Part 3:

“Heart Purification”

TO READ PART 1, CLICK HERE… “August 22nd (Sodom Rising!)”

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**In yesterday’s devotional (click here to read), the phenomenon that appalls and perplexes Christians today, is that Sodom & Gomorrah seems to be springing up all around us…**

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…rising up just as surely as those flood-waters, when the fountains of the deep broke forth in Noah’s day!

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And so, many Christians are asking themselves this question, “What am I to do about this? How can I keep myself and family from being exposed to all this?”

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Family Portrait – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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“DELIVERED FROM MY OWN SIN?”

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But there is another group, which is also asking themselves the question, “How can I be delivered from my own terrible ‘Sin of Sodom’?”

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And so, today’s devotional picks up where we left off yesterday…

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two young girls laughing behind another girls back – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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SATAN WILL CONTINUE TO ASSAULT!

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Now we have some very Good News to share! Yes, God is even more powerful than the sins of Sodom!

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And for those who wish to follow Jesus, and forsake those sins, God promises…

“If we (true Believers) confess our sins,

he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

1st John 1:9. (Parenthetical comment by website editor)

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Yes, God can cleanse those who are caught up in sexual lust. Now that doesn’t mean that Satan won’t try to tempt the cleansed one back into those sins.

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But God is “full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.” Psalm 86:15.

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Just as the smoker or drug addict will eventually enjoy freedom from those sins, so too those given to sensual lusts will likewise eventually experience the same freedom which deliverance from bondage brings!

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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PURIFY YOUR HEARTS, YE DOUBLE-MINDED!

James 4:8

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Now don’t think it will be easy! No, as with anything worthwhile, it will take a struggle!

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But we have a wonderful promise…

“Being confident of this very thing,

that He which hath begun a good work in you

will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”

Philippians 1:6

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**And so, because God has given us the FREE GIFT of Salvation, and by the indwelling of the Spirit of Holiness, we are given, as a free gift, the insatiable desire to overcome the world!**

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And we rejoice in the promise that… “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son.” Revelation 21:7.

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PICTURE – Most Holy Place of the Heart – Signs Of Heaven

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To read part 4, click here…

JANUARY 29 (Sodom Rising, Part 4: Why Have Our Chickens Come Home?)

Chickens – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to become fully engaged in the process of purification of my heart! Keep back Thy servant from all ungodly associations, and instead to hide Thy Word in my heart. Give me a love for unceasing prayer and watchfulness…

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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“Multitudes, multitudes in the ‘Valley of Decision’…

for the day of the Lord is near in the ‘Valley of Decision’.”

Joel 3:14

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VALLEY OF DECISION CONSTELLATION GROUP…

Look eastward in the early summer through fall. Find the Cassiopeia Constellation. Cassiopeia is the Mount of Blessing. In the sketch, it is the farthest mountain to the left. In the sky, it is the northern-most of these three mountains when facing eastward. It resembles a pyramid. Then find the next pyramid to its right (south). Then go a little further south to the next third pyramid. The third snow-cap is the Destroying Mountain Constellation. These three pyramids are the snow-capped portion of these three mountains in this sketch. (of course, you won’t see the snow-caps in the sky. They are just an embellishment in this sketch to present a concept-EDITOR).

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“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.” Micah 4:1, 2

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THE VALLEY OF DECISION CONSTELLATION GROUP. They appear in mid-summer in the eastern skies in pre-dawn hours. These are made of Cassiopeia (mount on left), and various stars from the Andromeda Constellation (valley) Pegasus (Mount of Cursing (middle mount) & Destroying Mount (right)), and Pisces (Broad Way to Hell). The galaxy which appears to be climbing the Mountain of Blessing is the Andromeda Galaxy.

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The above Wikipedia star-chart shows this amazing constellation group as it appears from June to fall, just prior to the winter constellation group. Actually, this Valley of Decision Constellations appear in early summer in the pre-dawn hours. (Editor of this website has sketched in this constellation group onto this above Wikipedia star-chart.)

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TOMORROW

AUGUST 25…Today’s Devotional – August 25th (End-Time Exodus!)

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