INTRODUCTION

When the "name of the Lord Jesus" is truly magnified (Acts 19:17And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
See All...) everything contrary to Him either becomes insignificant or obviously wicked. As men believe on the Lord, they naturally begin to consider the moral nature of everything else in life. As they begin to see the wickedness of their flesh, they must choose whether to obey God or satisfy the flesh. The people in Acts 19 chose to obey God. As they learned of the wickedness of their curious arts, they brought their books together to be burned. This was done at no little cost to them (Acts 19:19Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) When we hear the word of God, it should move us to action (James 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
  See All...). Consider king Josiah's reaction to the word of God (2 Kings 23:24-25 [24] Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. [25] And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
  See All...). Would you be willing to get rid of something displeasing to God if it were shown to you (Genesis 35:2-4 [2] Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: [3] And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. [4] And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
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• Is the word of God growing and prevailing in your home? If not, have you considered whether or not there are some things in your home that need to be set on fire to the glory of God?
• What is keeping you back from a closer walk with the Lord? What is more important to you—pleasing the flesh or pleasing the Lord who bought you?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask God to give you the courage to obey Him.
• Ask the Lord to help you see the cost of disobeying Him.

HYMN

Am I a Soldier of the Cross?

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