James and Edie Deloach

World obsessed by sexual addictions

Ephesians 4:17-19 (MSG)
And so I insist—and God backs me up on this—that there be no going along with the crowd, the empty-headed, mindless crowd. They've refused for so long to deal with God that they've lost touch not only with God but with reality itself. They can't think straight anymore. Feeling no pain, they let themselves go in sexual obsession, addicted to every sort of perversion.

Can a mother forget the nursing baby?

Isaiah 49:15-18 (MSG)
"Can a mother forget the infant at her breast, walk away from the baby she bore? But even if mothers forget, I'd never forget you—never. Look, I've written your names on the backs of my hands. The walls you're rebuilding are never out of my sight. Your builders are faster than your wreckers. The demolition crews are gone for good. Look up, look around, look well! See them all gathering, coming to you? As sure as I am the living God"—God's Decree— "you're going to put them on like so much jewelry, you're going to use them to dress up like a bride.

God uses ALL situations for His will

Isaiah 45:7 (NLT)
I create the light and make the darkness. I send good times and bad times. I, the LORD, am the one who does these things.

Isaiah 45:9-10 (NLT)
“What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, ‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’ Does the pot exclaim, ‘How clumsy can you be?’

The Plan

Isaiah 43:25 (NLT)
“I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.

Not sick...dead

Ephesians 2:1 (NLT)
Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.

Potter treads clay to prep for creative work not destroy

Isaiah 41:25 (NLT)
“But I have stirred up a leader who will come from the north. I have called him by name from the east. I will give him victory over kings and princes. He will trample them as a potter treads on clay.

It starts with confession

Psalm 66:18-19 (NLT)
If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

God knew and loved and forgave us in advance

Ephesians 1:4-5 (NLT)
Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

Treat your wife with understanding

1 Peter 3:7 (NLT)
In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.

Describing Satan?

Isaiah 14:12-17 (NLT)
“How you are fallen from heaven, Oshining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world.

Instead of Messiah conquering king it's a child

Isaiah 9:6-7 (NLT)
For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Seek wisdom from the living

Isaiah 8:19 (NLT)
Someone may say to you, “Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.” But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead?

Change and purification hurts

Isaiah 6:5-6 (NLT)
Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”

Jesus prophesy

Isaiah 7:14 (NLT)
All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).

Atheist mantra

Psalm 53:1 (NLT)
Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good!

Better than sacrifice

Isaiah 1:17 (NLT)
Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

Don't partner w evil people

2 Corinthians 6:14-16 (NLT)
Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?

How to live a good life

Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 (NLT)
Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!

God planted eternity on our hearts

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT)
Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.

Meaninglessness and arrogance of man

Ecclesiastes 1:8-11 (NLT)
Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.

No, God does as suits His will not earn/pay - works out far in our favor

Job 34:11 (NLT)
He repays people according to their deeds. He treats people as they deserve.

Impact of lust

Job 31:1 (NLT)
“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.

Job 31:11-12 (NLT)
For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.

Raise children, parents

Proverbs 22:6 (NLT)
Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.

Raise children, parents

Proverbs 22:6 (NLT)
Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.

Need a mediator

Job 16:21 (NLT)
I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends.