I often recall my father warning me in my teens, “Without the Lord, you’re no match for the devil.” 

The man whose name means “the strength of God” goes it alone and arranges his own demolition.

Loyal hearts are characterized by saying, “Yes, Lord,” in every circumstance, whatever the consequences.

“Do not avenge yourselves,…for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord” (Rom 12:19). 

The recent fad of decorating the skin with tattoos has turned superficiality into an art form. 

Do you recall what you were doing at age 7? Imagine being sovereign of the Lord’s own land! 

She debased her husband, corrupted her son, murdered her grandchildren. Death was too good for her. 

“The Lord isn’t slow…as some people think” (2 Pet 3:9, GWT). The wait may be long, but He’s never late.

“The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her hands” (Prov 14:1). 

If ever there was a man whose life mocked his own name, it was Ahaziah, meaning “Jehovah holds.”