Redemption 2023

Radical Blessings Requires Radical Obedience

Your Decisions Have Consequences. Good or Bad. You Choose.

“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19‬:‭21‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Did you know it only took one decision to gossip that caused Ham’s whole family line to be cursed? (Genesis 9:18-29) God takes gossip very seriously. Gossip is Sowing discord among the brethren and it’s an abomination to God. (Proverbs 6:19) Love covers a multitude of sins. (1 Peter 4:8)

The next time you start to gossip, think twice. “but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.”
‭‭James‬ ‭3‬:‭8‬-‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked. When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.” He also said, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend Japheth’s territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.””
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭9‬:‭20‬-‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/gen.9.20-27.NIV

if people speak against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ. Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!”
‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NLT‬‬