Anyone who listens to my"); document.writeln("teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid"); document.writeln("rock.1
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In Matthew 7:24-27, Jesus"); document.writeln("says that whoever listens and follows His teachings is wise, but whoever hears"); document.writeln("His teachings but does not follow them is a fool. To explain it in a more"); document.writeln("understandable way, Jesus says that whoever listens and follows His teachings"); document.writeln("is like a person who builds their house on solid rock. Although the winds,"); document.writeln("rains, and floodwaters beat against the house, it does not fall because it is"); document.writeln("built on a firm foundation. Then, He said that whoever hears His teachings but"); document.writeln("does not follow them is like a person who builds their house on sand. Unlike"); document.writeln("the wise person whose house was able to withstand the storm, the foolish"); document.writeln("person\'s house collapsed when the storm hit.
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We can be one of those two"); document.writeln("people. We can either be the wise person who heard and followed His teachings,"); document.writeln("or we can be the foolish person who heard but ignored His teachings. When we"); document.writeln("face challenges, hardships, trials, and temptations, I hope our foundation is"); document.writeln("Christ so that we will be able to stand firm on His Word, and resist any storm"); document.writeln("that comes our way.
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There is a song called,"); document.writeln("\'Firm Foundation (He Won\'t),\' by Cody Carnes that is about Christ being our"); document.writeln("firm foundation. In the song, it says, \'Christ is my firm foundation, The Rock"); document.writeln("on which I stand.\' It matches the example that Jesus is using perfectly and it"); document.writeln("conveys a great message. We are so blessed to have Jesus in our lives as our"); document.writeln("firm foundation so that we can stand against Satan, his evil schemes, and the"); document.writeln("weight of this world.
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Suggested prayer: God,"); document.writeln("thank you for being the firm foundation in my life. Please help me to be able"); document.writeln("to withstand the storms that try to tear me down. As long as I have you as my"); document.writeln("Rock, I can stand against anything and everything, and I can come out of it"); document.writeln("stronger than I was before. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray, Amen.
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document.writeln("1. Matthew 7:24 (NLT).
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Today\'s"); document.writeln("Encounter was written by: Gianna B.
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This and other devotionals by Richard (Dick) Innes can be read online.
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