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  • 6/12/2025
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00:00Brave Words
00:07I created the mountains and the wind. I let humans know what I am thinking. I bring darkness
00:14at dawn and step over hills. I am the Lord God all-powerful. Amos 4 verse 13
00:21Amos was a shepherd whom God instructed to speak on his behalf to the people. Every one of the
00:28Israelites must have been confused, perhaps even Amos, that God would choose someone who wasn't a
00:34priest or even a leader of any kind for this task. Through Amos God accused the nation of Israel of
00:41terrible sins. They had forgotten who God is, what he expected, and what he could do. Because they
00:49ignored him, they were looking out only for themselves. They abused the poor. Their religion
00:54was just ritual without heart. They cheated, took bribes, and were unjust. They followed their
01:01leaders into all kinds of evil. God would not ignore this. He would not let them continue to hurt others
01:08and themselves because he loved them too much. He sent Amos to warn them, and then he carried
01:16through with his punishment. Amos's message still rings true for us today. When we don't put God
01:22first in our lives, when we don't worship him with all our heart, we quickly sink into all kinds of
01:29sinful behaviors that hurt ourselves and others. We need to keep ourselves in check, and, when God
01:35asks us to, we need to be ready to speak out against the evils of our day. We need to love others by
01:42redirecting them from a destructive path. Spiritual Fitness Training
01:46Think of a time when you acted selfishly recently. How would you have behaved differently had you
01:53taken time to reflect on God's word and on his love for you? On some paper, draw a symbol representing
02:00a part of today's verse and place it where it will remind you of God's power and love.
02:06Inspiration
02:07Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man myself.
02:12Thomas Brooks, Puritan preacher and author in the 1600s.
02:16Tip number one
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02:20Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man myself.
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