Keith Craft: Don't give in to what is not best for you! Fight the good fight by being the…
Don't give in to what is not best for you! Fight the good fight by being the best YOU, you can be, today! When you sow your best, you reap what is best!
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The thought behind the quote
The Hebrew term for "wicked" in Proverbs 11 is רשע (rasha). It means to be in active defiance against what is good, morally corrupt, or refusing to do something God’s way. Being “wicked” doesn’t mean you are actively practicing demonic activity. It means you are refusing to do something God’s way. The "deceptive wages" earned by the wicked are a result of dishonest, unethical practices—something that might look profitable or advantageous in the short term but is ultimately unstable and doomed to collapse. The wicked person may seem successful for a time—they may earn wealth, recognition, or power quickly. Ultimately, they are temporary and lead to failure. When we seek to be successful without doing life God’s way, it’s like constructing a house on sand—eventually, the foundation will collapse, and the true cost of those deceptive wages will be paid.
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- The BEST life possible begins the moment you make a decision to Be your BEST for God.
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- Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and what you are, in Philadelphia, now.