God's Recipe for a Wonderful Life - Presented by IfULoveMe.org

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.

When we covet, we develop an inordinate emotional attachment to something, and our attachment becomes so great that we push God out of the center of our lives and replaced Him with the object of our desire. The object of the desire can be a person, something material or it can be something intangible such as prestige, pleasure, entertainment or succ...

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.

When we covet, we develop an inordinate emotional attachment to something, and our attachment becomes so great that we push God out of the center of our lives and replaced Him with the object of our desire. The object of the desire can be a person, something material or it can be something intangible such as prestige, pleasure, entertainment or succ...

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor

With each Commandment, God reveals what He has made sacred and is to be protected. The Eighth Commandment follows suit. God’s warning to not lie reveals that truth is sacred and is to be protected. 

God, who is the Creator of all things, established truth in the very things He created. When He created the solar system, He created the truth of gravity. When He created a sparrow, H...

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor

With each Commandment, God reveals what He has made sacred and is to be protected. The Eighth Commandment follows suit. God’s warning to not lie reveals that truth is sacred and is to be protected. 

God, who is the Creator of all things, established truth in the very things He created. When He created the solar system, He created the truth of gravity. When He created a sparrow, H...

You shall not steal.

If you were having a conversation with Jesus about not stealing, do you think He would have anything to add such as, “You have heard it said, ‘You shall not steal. But I say….’?” Of course He would, because Jesus wants us to look beyond the simple words of a Commandment so we can discover ourselves. By looking beyond the words, “Do not steal,” and looking at the motivations of our heart, we discover what and who...

You shall not steal.

If you were having a conversation with Jesus about not stealing, do you think He would have anything to add such as, “You have heard it said, ‘You shall not steal. But I say….’?” Of course He would, because Jesus wants us to look beyond the simple words of a Commandment so we can discover ourselves. By looking beyond the words, “Do not steal,” and looking at the motivations of our heart, we discover what and who...

You shall not commit adultery.

A Stradivarius violin is one of the most sought-after and revered musical instruments. Its primary purpose is to produce beautiful music.  What if the owner of a Stradivarius decided to use it as a drum, beating the back of it with drumsticks? It would still produce music, but how would it compare to the music it was intended for and how would it degrade its purpose and disrespect its maker? 

How much m...

You shall not commit adultery.

A Stradivarius violin is one of the most sought-after and revered musical instruments. Its primary purpose is to produce beautiful music.  What if the owner of a Stradivarius decided to use it as a drum, beating the back of it with drumsticks? It would still produce music, but how would it compare to the music it was intended for and how would it degrade its purpose and disrespect its maker? 

How much m...

You shall not kill

Because most of us don't go around killing people, it would be easy to give little or no thought to the Fifth Commandment. However, I propose we all make life-and-death decisions more frequently than we realize. 

For example, decisions about investing in companies that produce abortion equipment or that provide services or supplies to an abortion clinic is participating in killing unborn babies. How about being hir...

You shall not kill

Because most of us don't go around killing people, it would be easy to give little or no thought to the Fifth Commandment. However, I propose we all make life-and-death decisions more frequently than we realize. 

For example, decisions about investing in companies that produce abortion equipment or that provide services or supplies to an abortion clinic is participating in killing unborn babies. How about being hir...

You shall honor your father and mother.

Over the past several decades, culture has turned the parent-child relationship upside down. This reversal is the result of parent’s authority being increasingly undermined, aided with an unhealthy attitude of entitlement that is offered to, and even imposed upon, children. How will this trend play out over the next several decades? How do we restore the family hierarchy as designed by our Cre...

You shall honor your father and mother.

Over the past several decades, culture has turned the parent-child relationship upside down. This reversal is the result of parent’s authority being increasingly undermined, aided with an unhealthy attitude of entitlement that is offered to, and even imposed upon, children. How will this trend play out over the next several decades? How do we restore the family hierarchy as designed by our Cre...

Remember to Keep Holy the Lord’s Day.

With the rotation of the Earth, God gave us day and night, with the moon revolving around the earth He gave us months, and in the revolutions of the earth around the sun He gave us years. By tilting the earth He gave us the seasons of the year. But nothing in nature has a natural cycle of seven days. God created everything in six days and then, as a bonus, gave us an extra day. A God-given day o...

Remember to Keep Holy the Lord’s Day.

With the rotation of the Earth, God gave us day and night, with the moon revolving around the earth He gave us months, and in the revolutions of the earth around the sun He gave us years. By tilting the earth He gave us the seasons of the year. But nothing in nature has a natural cycle of seven days. God created everything in six days and then, as a bonus, gave us an extra day. A God-given day o...

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

With name calling such a severe offense, why is it that so many people don’t consider it offensive to abuse God’s name? We hear people using God’s name in frustration and anger all the time, figuring it is not that big of a deal. God, being Who He is, can handle it, right? But names are very important and no one, especially God, should have their name abused and misused. 

How ...

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

With name calling such a severe offense, why is it that so many people don’t consider it offensive to abuse God’s name? We hear people using God’s name in frustration and anger all the time, figuring it is not that big of a deal. God, being Who He is, can handle it, right? But names are very important and no one, especially God, should have their name abused and misused. 

How ...

I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange gods before me.

Jesus is love and the source of all things good, but we become distracted by the modern-day gods, such as money, work, materialism and entertainment. Being distracted and losing focus on the Truth, we become confused, make unwise choices based on human wisdom and then are left to deal with the consequences. 

The first Commandment establishes God as the one and only Go...

I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange gods before me.

Jesus is love and the source of all things good, but we become distracted by the modern-day gods, such as money, work, materialism and entertainment. Being distracted and losing focus on the Truth, we become confused, make unwise choices based on human wisdom and then are left to deal with the consequences. 

The first Commandment establishes God as the one and only Go...