Desires of Your Heart: God Gives to Both the Righteous and the Wicked

BAD GIFT: God gives you the desires of your heart: both good and evil.
BAD GIFT: God gives you the desires of your heart: both good and evil.

Be Careful What You Wish For

“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
Psalm 37:4

A recent discussion centered around a girl we all once knew and who we all generally liked, being cheerful though headstrong and rebellious.

She had recently gotten married.

For the third time.

The first reaction was “Oh, poor girl.

The second, while true, sounds less charitable: “Wonder what he has that she wants?”

While the second reaction provoked several chuckles, the discussion focused on the first. It was decided that God, just as Psalm 37 declares, really does give people the desires of their heart.

However, to those who delight in the LORD, He gives one set of blessings according to their right motives. To those who despise and shun the LORD, He gives quite another set of gifts.

“God is not a man, that he should lie”
Number 23:19

And God does not lie: the desires He gives to those who do not know Him are almost always EXACTLY what they wish for.

Because the wicked mostly desire earthly, carnal things.

“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind”
Hosea 8:7

God, and later Jesus Christ, continually cautions believers to ask for good things. Sometimes, God also gives believers what they think they want as a method chastisement: to teach a lesson.

“Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.”
Proverbs 25:16

Because they have placed their faith in the desires and rewards of this evil, fallen world, the wicked ask for the things of this world.

And the things of this world are bound to disappoint.

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
1 John 2:15

The wicked are deceived: they often believe that because they have achieved wealth, or power or knowledge while shaking their fist at God, this is proof that God does not exist. Or that He is powerless.

Quite to the contrary.

It’s surprising how often the wicked get the desires of their hearts and then commit suicide because of it.

  • How often do people engage in apparently self-destructive behaviors after getting what they say they want?
  • How many of the rich and celebrated try to drink and medicate their troubles away (when, to the outside, casual observer, they have no troubles)?
  • How many times has the reader known someone who schemed, planned and labored long and hard for what he thought he wanted, only to complain bitterly later because he got what he thought he wanted?

One of God’s judgments is to give men what they desire–even when those desires run counter to God’s Word. Even if those desires are achieved through illegitimate supernatural power.

This is a form of judgment–though the wicked HATE the idea of being judged by God.


As far as the discussion of the girl we all once knew, it was decided to pray for her salvation.

Otherwise, three marriages will likely just be a beginning of her troubles.

“He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.”
John 12:40

It’s not too late to wish for the good things.

It’s not too late to wish for the things which are not of this world.

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:”
2 Corinthians 4:3

THE GOSPEL

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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End Times Prophecy Headlines: October 8, 2015

Bible prophecy in Today's news headlines
Bible prophecy in Today’s news headlines

End Times Prophecy Report
HEADLINES
October 8, 2015

CommentaryAnd OPINION

“And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.”
Matthew 24:4

===INTERNATIONAL

SYRIA: Syrian forces begin ground offensive backed by Russia air and sea power

“General Mills is recalling a number of Cheerios products because some boxes that were labeled gluten-free were not gluten-free. As a result, 1.8 million boxes of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios are being removed from the shelves at stores. This sounds to me like the work of that evil dictator, Vladimir Gluten.”
–Jimmy Kimmel

CHINA: China, Brazil Dump US Debt In Latest Signal Of Global Emerging Market Slowdown

CHINA: Navy will challenge Chinese territorial claims in South China Sea

IRAN: Iran’s supreme leader bans negotiations with the United States – A very logical move for the scripted world in which we live.

RUSSIA: Russian billionaire patiently listens for alien sounds

UFOs, Aliens and ET in the End Times

UFOs, Aliens, ETs, Invasions of Earth: Entertaining End Times Deceptions

THREAT FROM ABOVE: Space Weapons and Armageddon

ISIS: Nuclear Smugglers Sought to Sell Nuclear Material to ISIS

SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Clerics Call for Jihad Against Assad, Russia, and Iran

World War 3 Watch: October 5, 2015

Ukraine, World War 3: What does the Bible Say?

USA War against the Muslims: Almost Time

Nuclear Holocaust: The End of the World According to Satan

===NATIONAL

No, illegal immigrants won’t elect Hillary – We agree.  But for a completely different reason than the author of the linked piece provides.

For our reasoning: [End Times Prophecy Headlines: October 3-4, 2015] in the “National” section.

Hillary: Jail Was ‘Right Thing’ for Kentucky Clerk – Does no one wonder why all of the candidates who are supposed to self-destruct/drop out keep making very unpolitical statements when they do not have to?

When Ted Cruz makes his move, watch out – Again, we agree but for far, far different reasons than the author of the linked piece provides.

But with the election still a long, grueling 13 months from today, there’s still PLENTY of time for us to expound on Mr. Cruz.

El Chapo May Have Put $100M Bounty on Trump’s Head – The key phrase: “may have.”

“Everybody’s still talking about Donald Trump. A recent poll had voters describe Trump in one word, and a lot of them used the words “idiot,” “buffoon,” “clown,” and “jerk.” And those are the people voting for Trump.”
–Jimmy Fallon

Bungling Surgeon Ben Carson Left Sponge In Patient’s Brain!

“Republicans say the economy is bad. It’s so bad, in California, parents in Beverly Hills are being forced to raise their own children.”
–Jimmy Fallon

Gallup gives up the horse race – They claim it’s to concentrate on issues polling, which makes sense. The Corporate Media/government has enough voices lying about who’s ahead and who’s behind.  What it needs is more authority on what people are thinking about the issues.

Corporate media polling is more about shaping what you think than reporting what other may think.

In less polite terms: it’s all about lying.

But it’s scientific lying.

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

power-of-salvation-the-gospel-of-Jesus-Christ

THE GOSPEL

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
-—1 Corinthians 1:18-19

===MISCELLANEOUS

Halloween: Imitation Evil Plus the Real Thing

Once upon a time, Halloween was no bigger holiday than, say President’s Day.  A night or two to trick-or-treat, kids dressing up in any old thing that was handy, eating handout candy for a few days: that was about the extent of it.

“Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.”
3 John 1:11

But somewhere over the last 50 years, Halloween took a disturbing turn down a dark, dreary and predictable road. Zombie walks, at least one ‘haunted house‘ in every town with a population over a couple thousand and a season of Halloween which now stretches through the entire month of October–and threatens to extend further.

Workers of Iniquity: Always Looking Over their Shoulders

Private database lets police skirt license plate data limits

“There’s been a lot of discussion lately about comfort animals — they provide emotional support to people who are dealing with anxiety. A few months ago, a woman on a US Airways flight was famously kicked off the plane when her emotional support pig refused to stop squealing. The truth is, they already make a pig that comforts you. It’s called bacon.”
–James Corden

Roundup causes cancer: Monsanto hid evidence for 40 years while lying to and defrauding Americans, FOIA documents show

For decades, the government steered millions away from whole milk. Was that wrong?

The brand new $1billion ghost city in New Mexico with enough room for 35,000 people…where NOBODY will ever live

Tough new equal pay law threatens to accelerate California’s business exodus – One wonders why any business which has stayed in the state after all of California’s many other anti-business regs would leave over this one?

This Day in the Secret History: October 8

About those evil guns – (h/t:B)

September Sees Record Gun Sales – Gun manufacturers have had no better friend in the White House than Barack Obama. They have set multiple sales records for guns, ammo and other weaponry under his rule.

THE FLESH: What is the Flesh?

Topless In Public? Fort Collins Wants Your Opinion

“Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.”
Isaiah 47:3

POLL: Voters Question Government’s Focus on Domestic Terrorism – After the next attack, the government will be focused like a laser beam.

The government will zero in on all sorts of things: driving around in cars without your papers, checkpoints, any person in any public place for any reason whatsoever.

And it will ALL fall on the shoulders of Americans who will have had NOTHING to do with the terror attack.

But then: the mystery of iniquity knows that.

A Brief History Of Apocalypse Predictions – Most all of them are made to be wrong and bring about unbelief in the only source of truth on the matter: the Bible.

Apocalypse: End Times Only Bad for God’s Enemies

“McDonald’s began serving all-day breakfast nationwide today. Great news for people who probably don’t get a lot of great news.”
–Seth Meyers

Pennsylvania Governor Calls For 16 Percent Increase On State Income Tax

When Amazon Dies

HAND OF GOD: No Luck, No Coincidence

End Times: 7 Observations

===EARTHQUAKES/WEATHER/PESTILENCE

South Carolina Flooding: Residents Warned Flooding Could Worsen Downstream; State’s Death Toll Rises to 17

Scientists are developing an exercise pill – We’ll see.

‘Hypermasculinity’ and You: The Problem with Your Biceps – Must have taken too many exercise pills.

A Chemist Who Hasn’t Showered In 12 Years Explains Why He Doesn’t Stink

MEDIA NARRATIVES ALERT

“How can the reader know when the Corporate Media is lying to him (never mind the fact that the media is Satan’s Mouthpiece and Satan is the father of lies)? One easy way to tell is the use of “Why” and “How” in the headlines of an article. When the reader sees “Why?” or “How?” in the headline–occasionally “What” is used–that which follows will be a fairy tale, a narrative, a bedtime story spun by the media for the benefit of the media’s master. “Why” usually denotes an on-going narrative; “How” signifies a story line which explains past events. Not all narratives begin with “How” or “Why.” However, the most in-your-face, over-the-top ones usually do. ALL political “news” is narrative.

The Corporate Media

What is Media Mush?

Puppet Masters of Public Opinion: The Corporate Media

Corporate Media: Satan’s Mouthpiece is the Author of Confusion

“Things are never quite what they seem. Events are seldom close to how the media and history portray them.”


WHY the Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Hated by Both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump – Because neither man is the man he publicly portrays?

HOW Dungeons And Dragons Became A Measure Of American Values – Completely correct.

But in a totally unintended way.

The case for open borders – Actually, the advocates for open borders have pleaded their case in the Court of What’s Been Happening for the last 30 years or so.

It’s not only a loser. It’s an unpopular loser.

The author’s argument is “A better option than exclusion would be to restrict migrants’ eligibility for benefits.”

Apparently, a government which has proved totally incapable of the far-easier task of keeping illegals from crossing the purposely-defenseless border will do a bang-up job of identifying and keeping those same illegals off the benefit rolls.

But then, most of the high-profile illegal immigrant ‘advocates’ already know all of this.  Their job is to provide a counterweight to common sense and prudence–and to distract and kill time while the hordes continue north.

It all seems part of a plan to stoke anger against illegal immigrants for a future smack-down of epic proportions.

Will conservative hard-liners break the RINO spell in 2016? – RINOs are real.

But they are manufactured by the same cabal that manufactures ‘conservatives‘ and ‘liberals.’

Liberals Dare Call It Treason—All The Time – The level of public discourse of ALL types and manners has deteriorated over the last 20 years.

Scientists Successfully Grow Kidney Tissue In A Lab – Is there anything science won’t claim it can do?

Mass Killings Are Seen as a Kind of Contagion – This is the second piece in as many days which tries to shift the blame for mass killers.

It’s a disease!


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